by John Freund, CM | Nov 29, 2013 | Pope
FOCUS – Fellowship of Catholic University Students offer this hand guide to the Pope’s recent Apostolic Exhortation. “In order to try to meet this challenge, I’ve separated the blog post into different sections below: If you have 60 seconds to know...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 26, 2013 | Pope
Evangelii Gaudium is a lengthy document. People will read it from a variety of perspectives. Many, especially in the media, will focus on his “no” to women priests (Paragraph 104). But it is very instructive to look at the document’s outline of...
by John Freund, CM | Nov 26, 2013 | Pope
Countless issues involving evangelization today might be discussed here, but I have chosen not to explore these many questions which call for further reflection and study. Nor do I believe that the papal magisterium should be expected to offer a definitive or complete...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 29, 2013 | Pope
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
by John Freund, CM | Oct 17, 2013 | Pope
From sending parchments to visiting the poor in their homes. The Papal Almoner is traditionally in charge of the parchments associated with Papal Blessing. But now the Pope is asking something more of the newly appointed Archbishop. Francis told him: “I want...
by John Freund, CM | Oct 14, 2013 | Pope
(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...
