by John Freund, CM | Aug 4, 2013 | Pope
Pope Francis is among the list of world leaders with most digital influence. That’s according to Reputation Metrics,’ which measures public impact. The @Pontifex account has over 8 million followers and during WYD, the account surpassed the 100 tweet mark....
by John Freund, CM | Jul 1, 2013 | Pope
http://en.romereports.com The Vatican announced that Pope Francis’ first encyclical will be titled ‘Lumen Fidei,’ which translates to ‘The Light of Faith.’ The encyclical was started by Benedict XVI when he was still Pope. Francis...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 29, 2013 | Pope
What Benedict stored, Francis scatters…Some Reflections on the Papal Transition An address by Fr. Thomas Rosica to over 500 Catholic journalists and those working in Catholic Media in Canada and the United States at the Presidential Medallion Awards Luncheon of the...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 15, 2013 | Pope
FamVin visitors have asked about ways of keeping up with the words of Pope Francis. The Vatican News Service provides a handy collection of highlights of the daily meditations of Pope Francis during his morning Mass in the Santa Marta Chapel from the reports by...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 5, 2013 | Pope
Rome Reports During his weekly general audience, Pope Francis talked about the need to protect the Earth and its resources. More specifically, he talked about not wasting food. Wednesday marks ‘World Environment Day,’ and so the Pope talked about not...
by John Freund, CM | Apr 29, 2013 | Pope
On April 29, at about midday, Pope Francis surpassed six million followers on social network Twitter. Benedict XVI launched the account @Pontifex on December 12, 2012. During his remaining three months as Pope, he gained more than three million followers. On March 13,...