Pope Francis taught me to see… I see the nativity scene as if for the first time.
Pope Francis
The Pope Video • The Future of the Very Young
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: The Future of the Very Young.
Pope Francis Writes for Famvin!
Take a few minutes to read Pope Francis’ brief reflection for the Third World Day of the Poor.
Verbal difference between Francis and Benedict
According to the Huffington Post...Data journalist Chris Walker conducted a word frequency analysis on the first hundred speeches of Pope Francis and Pope Benedict to get a visual representation of their priorities. Francis clearly emphasized poverty and poor far...
Vincentian Magi – then and now?
Have you thought about what gifts we as a Vincentian Family and individual followers Vincent and Louise bring to the "stables" today? As I read a post "Third Millennium Wisemen" focused on the gifts of our last three Popes that was the question I found myself asking....
What did Pope say and do?
It seems as if the media can not get enough of Pope Francis. FamVin has been no exception. Since his election as Pope FamVin has post some 80 articles with the identifying tag "Pope". Many of these posts have highlighted what he has said ... done... that resonate with...
Pope asks permission for a Bishop
Francis named Bishop Nunzio Galantino the new secretary of the Italian bishops' conference while allowing him to serve part-time while remaining in his diocese. John Allen writes in a column in the National Catholic Reporter.... "A typical Francis footnote is that he...
The Francis list of resolutions
The Philippine blog Rappler compiles 10 of the Pope's most memorable quotes in the form of New Year's resolutions. This is the Pope Francis list. 1. Don't gossip. 2. Finish your meals. 3. Make time for others. 4. Choose the 'more humble' purchase. 5. Meet the poor 'in...
Francis – Fraternity and Peace
“In this, my first Message for the World Day of Peace, I wish to offer to everyone, individuals and peoples, my best wishes for a life filled with joy and hope. In the heart of every man and woman is the desire for a full life, including that irrepressible longing for fraternity which draws us to fellowship with others and enables us to see them not as enemies or rivals, but as brothers and sisters to be accepted and embraced.”
Pope: Mary mother of all
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis welcomed the new year Wednesday with a solemn morning mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, calling the faithful to look to Mary as a Mother to all and messenger of hope. In his homily for this, the Solemnity of the Mother of God, Pope Francis...
