“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Families, Schools of Human Development.
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The Pope Video • Integrity of Justice
“The Pope Video” series continues! Watch the latest 2-minute installment: Integrity of Justice.
A Parable – Paying attention to details
We can learn from Pope Francis how little things can be so significant in a “culture of encounter.”
Papa Francis, The Prodigal, and “the Good Son.”
How do you feel about Pope Francis’ style? It is no secret that his now famous interview has provoked quite a variety of reactions, frequently serving as a kind of Rorschach test. Dr. Gregory Popcak come to grips with his own reactions when he writes "I recently had...
WYD themes 2014-16
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has decided on the themes for the next three World Youth Days. These mark a three-year itinerary of spiritual preparation that will culminate with the international WYD with the Successor of Peter scheduled for Krakow in Poland in July...
Pope responds to his 10 million Twitter followers
Dear Followers: I understand there are now over 10 million of you! I thank you with all my heart and ask you to continue praying for me. Pope Francis @Pontifex 27 Oct
Pope: imitate martyrs, don’t be “painted” Christians
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis sent a video message on Sunday marking the beatification of 522 Spanish martyrs who were killed during the anti-Christian persecutions of the 1930s. Please find below the full text of the video message in English translation. Dear brothers...
27 Daughters of Charity Martyrs – Beatified Oct. 13
They all paid with their lives! On October 13, Pope Francis will beatify 27 Daughters of Charity and one of their lay collaborators who were martyred during the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). See their names and faces, and read about this period in history when the...
Pope Francis – mind, heart and action
Pope Francis explained during morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta that to get to know Jesus, means that you must complicate your life. And that you cannot get to know him by flying “first class” in life. POPE FRANCIS “You cannot know Jesus without getting oneself...
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...
Masters of being real – Pope Francis and St. Vincent
The similarities between Vincent and Pope Francis are striking! The "Pope Francis Interview" provides an insight into his simplicity. In an unplanned coincidence VinFormation celebrates the feast of Vincent on September 27 with the release of "Vincent: Real, Simple"...
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,...
