by John Freund, CM | Sep 17, 2013 | Pope
Pope Francis is certainly having an impact with his simplicity and humility. People across a wide spectrum of believers, unbelievers and sceptics are paying attention. With The Francis Chronicles, reports on the ministry of the world’s parish priest, the NCR has...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 14, 2013 | Pope
The London Tablet writes that the Pope scales back honorifics. Pope Francis has temporarily stopped the practice of naming priests “honorary prelates”, which allows them to take the title “monsignor”. The only exception is for those clerics who...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 14, 2013 | Pope
According to the Pew Internet Research Forum reports “Six Months Into Papacy, Large Majority of Catholics Continue To Express Favorable View of Pope Francis” “After six eventful months, Pope Francis is rated favorably by eight-in-ten U.S. Catholics...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 11, 2013 | Pope
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. ...
by John Freund, CM | Sep 8, 2013 | Justice and Peace, Pope
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...
by John Freund, CM | Aug 10, 2013 | Pope
Pope Francis asks a telling question… “when you give alms do you look in the eyes of the people you give them to?” “… the important thing is not looking at them from afar, or helping from afar. No, no! It is going to encounter them. This is the...
