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March 02, 2015
Pope Francis: judge yourself
From his homily this morning, via Vatican Radio: It is easy to judge others, but...
February 2015
February 26, 2015
Habitat for Humanity to build a Pope Francis House
From The St. Louis Review: Habitat for Humanity St. Louis will begin building The Pope...
February 23, 2015
Pope Francis declares a new doctor of the Church
From Vatican Radio: Pope Francis has declared Armenian poet and monk, Saint Gregory of Narek,...
February 19, 2015
Pope Francis talks to Rome’s priests about liturgy, preaching
From CNS: The liturgy should help the faithful enter into God's mystery and to experience...
February 18, 2015
Did a gay rights group actually get “VIP treatment” at the Vatican?—UPDATED
Here's the report from Reuters: A prominent American Catholic gay rights group was given VIP...
February 17, 2015
VIDEO: Pope offers Mass for slain Copts
From Vatican Radio: Pope Francis offered Mass Tuesday morning for the repose of the souls...
February 16, 2015
Homeless line up for haircuts, showers at Vatican: “It’s a beautiful thing he has done for us”
From AP: Homeless people are lining up outside the public restrooms off St Peter's Square...
February 16, 2015
“For anyone who wants to go back to the way things were before Francis, it’s game over.”
View image | gettyimages.com NPR's Indira Lakshmanan sat down with Rocco Palmo this weekend to...
February 14, 2015
Pope to new cardinals: it’s all about charity
From Vatican Radio: Pope Francis presided over an ordinary Public Consistory for the Creation of...
February 13, 2015
Ganswein: Benedict “is convinced that the decision he made was the right one”
From CNS: Retired Pope Benedict XVI has never doubted or regretted his decision to resign,...
February 12, 2015
Benedict today: “His mind is formidable”
From AFP: Former pope Benedict XVI can still play Mozart from memory on the piano...
February 10, 2015
Pope Francis: “There is a responsibility to nurture the Earth, to nurture Creation”
From Vatican Radio: Christians are called to care for God's creation. That was the Pope’s...
February 05, 2015
Confirmed: Pope will address joint session of U.S. Congress
This is unprecedented. From the Archdiocese of Washington: It is a great honor and tremendous joy...
February 05, 2015
“This is the mission of the Church: to heal the wounded hearts, to open doors, to say that God is good…”
Highlights of the pope's homily today, from Vatican Radio: The Church must proclaim the Gospel...
February 03, 2015
It’s official: Pope Francis formally recognizes martyrdom of Oscar Romero
From CNS: After decades of debate within the church, Pope Francis formally recognized that Salvadoran...
January 2015
January 30, 2015
Pope: you can’t “privatize” salvation
He made some astute and timely observations during his homily yesterday. From Vatican Radio: Pope...
January 29, 2015
Pope Francis will not confer palliums on bishops at the Vatican
From CNS: When Pope Francis celebrates the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul in June,...
January 28, 2015
At General Audience, Pope Francis speaks of the dignity of fathers
"St. Joseph with the Infant Jesus" by Guido Reni (c. 1620) via Wikipedia From Vatican...
January 28, 2015
Pope Francis a “headache” for GOP presidential hopefuls?
Rick Santorum prays at a fundraiser in 2012 by Gage Skidmore / Wikipedia Commons From Bloomberg: It is...
January 27, 2015
Now I’ve seen everything: ladies and gentlemen, the hip hop pope
This is a scream. From the mischievously creative mind of Fr. Darryl Millette, from the...
January 27, 2015
Report: Pope Francis met with transgendered man at Vatican
From The Washington Post: There are reports in Spanish publications that Pope Francis has accepted a transgender...
January 26, 2015
St. Matthew’s wife? — UPDATED
"The Calling of St. Matthew" by Caravaggio (1599-1600) via Wikipedia My friend Fr. Scott Hurd...
January 23, 2015
Pope Francis reminds Roman Rota that sacraments are free—and annulments should be, too
From Vatican Radio: Pope Francis received the judges and advocates of the Roman Rota on...
January 23, 2015
Pope Francis: “God forgives everything”
“There is no sin which He won’t pardon. He forgives everything. ‘But father, I don’t...
January 23, 2015
Pope releases message for World Day of Social Communications on “Communicating the Family”
Photo from Vatican Radio From Vatican Radio: The Vatican has issued Pope Francis’ Message for...
January 22, 2015
Pope: Catholics, Lutherans in shared Christian witness
From Vatican Radio: Pope Francis told an ecumenical delegation from Finland Thursday that Catholics and...
January 21, 2015
Pope Francis to Iraq?
Photo: Iraqi refugees by Don Duncan / CNEWA The Apostolic Nuncio raised that possibility yesterday. From...
January 21, 2015
Lamb chimes in during papal blessing
St. Agnes via Wikipedia From the good people at Rome Reports, a short video showing...
January 21, 2015
Pope on trip to Philippines: “It gave us hope to see so many large families that welcome children as a true gift of God”
From Wednesday's General Audience, via Zenit: The meetings with families and young people at Manila, were...
January 20, 2015
“How Pope Francis renewed the faith of this reluctant Catholic”
Photo: Aaron Almadro A Filipino who attended a papal Mass last weekend writes of how cynicism...
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