Topic: Pope Francis
Pope Francis takes responsibility for child abuse by clergy
April 14, 2014 ·
The Pope make the first strong statement that takes responsibility and threatened harsh sanctions against the clerical abusers. “I feel that I must take responsibility for all the harm that some priests-quite a number, but not in proportion to the total. I must take responsibility and ask forgiveness for the damage they have caused […]
Read More...Pope Francis orders investigation into cardinals alleged abuse
April 7, 2014 ·
by Joshua J. McElwee (NCR Online via CNUA) The Vatican has appointed a bishop known for aggressively investigating cases of sexual abuse to take testimony of clergy alleging sexual misconduct in Scotland’s archdiocese of St. Andrews and Edinburgh, where Cardinal Keith O’Brien was archbishop until resigning under disgrace in February 2013. The archdiocese’s current leader, […]
Read More...POPE FRANCIS TO ERADICATE MODERN SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
March 26, 2014 ·
Vatican City, 17 March 2014 (VIS) – This morning a press conference was held in the Holy See Press Office to present the “Global Freedom Network”, an agreement between the representatives of the great world religions to eradicate modern forms of slavery and human trafficking, in collaboration with the Walk Free Foundation. The speakers at […]
Read More...On 1st anniversary, pope defends slum priests¹
March 17, 2014 ·
Associated Press 12:09 pm | Friday, March 14th, 2014 A woman touches a religious figure beside a banner of Pope Francis reading in Spanish, ³The Pope of the people of the slum² as she attends a mass in his honor at the 1-11-14 slum¹s church in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, March 13, 2014. On the […]
Read More...Papal Rock star
March 17, 2014 ·
Philippine Daily Inquirer 12:25 am | Saturday, March 15th, 2014 Editorial Has it been only a year? It feels much longer than that‹and not because of a sense of tedium or despair, but because of the myriad little things that add up to what looks like a sea change in the Vatican ever since Cardinal […]
Read More...Pope Francis wants to visit ‘Yolanda’ victims
January 30, 2014 ·
MANILA, Jan. 28, 2014— Pope Francis has expressed his intention to visit the typhoon-ravaged areas in Leyte, a Vatican official said. Cardinal Robert Sarah, President of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum, said the possible visit is for the pope to show consolation and spiritual closeness to the victims of Super Typhoon Yolanda. The church official […]
Read More...LIKE POPE FRANCIS? TRY JESUS
December 17, 2013 ·
Washington Post December 15, 201. By Elizabeth Tenet, editor of The Washington Post’s OnFaith blog Months before Time magazine blessed Pope Francis as its 2013 “Person of the Year,” the secular media’s love affair with the Argentine pontiff was well underway. “We love him,” swooned the Huffington Post. “Our cool new pope,” declared Gawker. “You […]
Read More...A Big Heart Open to God
September 26, 2013 ·
The exclusive interview with Pope Francis Editor’s Note: This interview with Pope Francis took place over the course of three meetings during August 2013 in Rome. The interview was conducted in person by Antonio Spadaro, S.J., editor in chief of La Civiltà Cattolica, the Italian Jesuit journal. Father Spadaro conducted the interview on behalf of […]
Read More...Pope Bluntly Faults Church's Focus on Gays and Abortion
September 20, 2013 ·
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN New York Times 19 September 2013 Pope Francis, in the first extensive interview of his six-month-old papacy, said that the Roman Catholic Church had grown “obsessed” with preaching about abortion, gay marriage and contraception, and that he has chosen not to speak of those issues despite recriminations from some critics. In remarkably […]
Read More...POPE FRANCIS WORKING FOR PEACE IN SYRIA
September 18, 2013 ·
By Fr. Shay Cullen When Pope Francis called for a peaceful and prayerful response and a negotiated conclusion for the Syrian savage civil and sectarian religious war, he was speaking with deep concern, wisdom, and spiritual insight. Working for a non-violent solution is the greatest good. It seems his words have been heeded. Prayer works. A missile […]
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