Pope Francis

The Pope Video • For Victims of Abuse

“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: For Victims of Abuse.

The Pope Video • For Parishes

“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: For Parishes.

The Pope Video • For Educators

“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: For Educators.

The Pope Video • For volunteer not-for-profit organizations

“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: For volunteer not-for-profit organizations.

Pope Francis and Ozanam – kindred spirits

Pope Francis and Ozanam – kindred spirits

In their own words .... Listen to Frederic Ozanam as he tell his brother, a priest, to get out of his rectory and go to the "outskirts"...  “The priests must give up their little bourgeois parishes: their flocks are an elite in the midst of a vast population that they...

Pope Francis’ major media innovation

Pope Francis’ major media innovation

What would you say is the major media innovation of Pope Francis? L’Osservatore Romano writes "I believe that the major innovation consists in his ability to make himself understood by people of every origin. " “More than 9,300,000 followers and, thanks to retweets,...

The Pope Francis Interview

So many words! So much spin! All set in motion by a 10,000 word interview with Pope Francis. No doubt the torrent will pick up pace. In places the interview seems to echo the words of another Pope some 50 years ago. “Scrape the barnacles of history off the bottom of...

Who said this? Pope Francis? Vincent?

The poor are "privileged teachers of our knowledge of God; their fragility and simplicity unmask our egoism, our false sense of security, our purported self-sufficiency, and lead us to experience the nearness and tenderness of God." Pope Francis.      ...

Pope Francis on economic inequality

Pope Francis has, in the short time since his election, has amassed so much teaching on a single subject: economic inequality. Bishop McElroy of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops  presents five essential...

Pope writes to Putin

Pope writes to Putin

Pope Francis wrote to President Putin with the expectation that his words be shared with the others at the g20 Summit. “It is regrettable that, from the very beginning of the conflict in Syria, one-sided interests have prevailed and in fact hindered the search for a...

Pope – Day of prayer/fasting for peace

Pope – Day of prayer/fasting for peace

Pope Francis has called for a day of fasting and prayer for peace in Syria, in the entire Mideast region, and throughout the whole world to be held this coming Saturday, September 7th, 2013. Speaking ahead of the traditional Angelus prayer with pilgrims gathered in St...

Pope poses for “selfie”

Pope poses for “selfie”

From NBC News...Pope Francis obligingly posed for a "selfie" with a group of young people visiting the Vatican on Wednesday. The "selfie" phenomenon was recognized by an authority of another kind this week, as the word was added to the Oxford English Dictionary.

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