“Pope Francis has urged Catholics to reject "the temptation to divide the wheat from the weeds", a metaphor for acting abruptly and even violently to bring about a "pure society" or even a "pure Church" that simply does not exist. ”
“In this article I wish to track the meaning of the word “pastoral” as it occurred and occurs in papal thought in John23, Paul6, JP2, B16, Francis. I consider all of the various ways in which the popes have employed the term, with particular reference to the allocutions to the Roman Rota.”
“Pope Francis has ratified the Chinese government's appointment of Joseph Shen Bin as the new bishop of Shanghai, a move Beijing officials took without first consulting the Vatican as per a 2018 bi-lateral accord. ”
“the leading role of the Holy Spirit. According to Austen Ivereigh, papal biographer, faith in the action of the Spirit is 1 of the 2 elements that we must recognize in order to grasp Francis’ idea of synodality.pneumatological reconfiguration of the Church + regard to Christ and the Spirit.”
“A quarter of a century after John Paul II held an ecumenical celebration during the Great Jubilee of 2000 to honor Christian martyrs, Pope Francis has decided to update the work of his Polish predecessor by compiling a new martyrology of Christians of all denominations. ”
“The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Francis, who is still recovering from major abdominal surgery, is going ahead with his August 31-September 4 apostolic visit to Mongolia...the sparsely populated East Asian nation squeezed between Russia and China, which is home to fewer than 1500 Catholics.”
“Francis calls on Christians not to forget the many conflicts and clashes across the globe, Sudan, Africa's Sahel region, Democratic Rep. of Congo, Yemen, Syria, Ukraine, Myanmar, Haiti, Afghanistan, Ethiopia and Eritrea, Mexico”
“Although, it would be a mistake to underrate and undervalue the intellectual depth and theological insights that inform his teaching and actions. Pope Francis is the first non-European pope and in many ways we are all still adjusting to the perspectives and experiences that he contributes.”
“He was actually here to meet Italy's president and prime minister. He had one particular objective: to obtain further aid for Ukraine's war effort, especially in weapons -- long-range missiles to be exact. ”
“Those in the upper range -- such as Pietro Parolin (68), Matteo Zuppi (67), Mario Grech (66), and Luis Tagle (soon to be 66) -- would probably not be excluded solely because of their age, but maybe for other reasons.”
“Pope Francis has held private talks in Hungary with Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) of Budapest, the Moscow Patriarchate's former "foreign minister", a meeting that was not part of the published program of his April 28-30 visit.”
“Pope Francis has challenged Catholics in Hungary to be more welcoming and accepting of others, including refugees and immigrants, an extremely sensitive issue in this Central European nation led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban.”
“The Hungarian leader was never interested in going to Vatican until April 21, 2022. That was just 2 months after the start of Ukraine war, Pope was counting on Orban to help him establish contact with Moscow... this 41st papal non-Italian visit will be strongly influenced by the war”
“War, writes P. Francis, “is never justified. It will never be a solution: one need only think of the destructive power of modern armaments to imagine how high the risks are that such contention will trigger clashes 1000 times greater than the supposed usefulness that some see in it.””
“We should be grateful to Anne-Marie Pelletier for her recent book L’Église, des femmes avec des hommes, which collects and develops several lines of reflection on the relationship between women and men in the Church that she had already initiated in previous writings.”
“Even though the incident took place over a year ago, Archbishop Ravel's conspicuous absence that day captures the growing sense of unease that has gripped Strasbourg Archdiocese the past several months. Ravel, who turns 66 on May 21, has announced himself his resignation April 20.”
“During the Covid-19 in 2020, Pope Francis promoted the establishment of a reflection group on the human dimension of work. The group is a collaboration of various offices of the Holy See, their international networks and the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development.”
“"Conversations with the Pope", which was filmed last June in a working class neighborhood in Rome, was released on Wednesday by the Disnery+ video-on-demand channel. In a relaxed setting with 10 young adults, the 86-year-old pope answers a wide variety of questions the 10 young people ”
““I am a sinner,” the pope clearly stated... The only reason that grounded his decision was confidence “in the mercy and infinite patience of our Lord Jesus Christ.” So the acceptance of the office of pope came in “a spirit of penance.””
“Francis calls believers and communities to renew every March 25 the Act of Consecration and never tire of entrusting the cause of peace to the Queen of Peace”