by John Freund, CM | Apr 5, 2013 | Pope
Metaphors did not come to Pope Francis with the papacy. As archbishop of Buenos Aires, he used similar figures of speech to get simple, yet powerful, ideas across to his listeners writes Carol Glatz in The CatholicSpirit. The following are some metaphors that appear...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 5, 2013 | Pope
EWTN’s exclusive 15-minute interview with Cardinal-Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, now Pope Francis. Conducted just six months ago, the future pope discusses His Holiness Benedict XVI’s call for a Year of Faith, Latin America as a...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 4, 2013 | Daughters of Charity, Pope
Fr. Rolando S.DelaGoza, CM writes of his recollections of Domus Santa Marta … I think that all our readers know that the Holy Father, Pope Francis, lives in “Domus Sanctae Marthae” (Santa Marta) which is the Vatican Hotel run by the Daughters of...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 31, 2013 | Pope
It is not only the women at the tomb who were surprised. In our days the Church has been surprised by the Holy Spirit. In a post titled “The Spirituality of Surprises” the blog Dating God catalogs how the church has been surprised by election of its new...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 31, 2013 | Pope
Speaking in front of some 250,000 people from around the world in the Vatican, Francis prayed for “dear Syria, for its people torn by conflict and for the many refugees who await help and comfort. We too, like the women who were Jesus’ disciples, who went to the...
by John Freund, CM | Mar 30, 2013 | Pope
Francis kept his message simple and tied to the liturgical readings, recalling how Jesus’ disciples found his tomb empty a day after his death and were surprised and confused. How often does Love have to tell us: Why do you look for the living among the dead?...
