by John Freund, CM | Jul 9, 2013 | Vincentian Family
Pope Francis celebrated Mass in Lampedusa. That’s the Italian island, where dozens of illegal immigrants, arrive every day. The altar itself, was very symbolic. The base was a boat, that was used by group of North African migrants, who fled their native land,...
by John Freund, CM | Jul 6, 2013 | Church
Here is an official summary of Pope Francis’ first encyclical, “Lumen Fidei”, published today, July 5th, 2013 and signed on June 29th of the same year. — — — Lumen fidei – The light of faith (LF) is the first Encyclical signed by Pope Francis....
by John Freund, CM | Jul 5, 2013 | Church
Rome Reports writes….Lumen Fidei, or the ‘Light of Faith’ is the title of Pope Francis’ first encyclical. The document, which reflects on the ‘Year of Faith’ was started by Benedict XVI when he was still Pope. After his resignation,...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 27, 2013 | Uncategorized
At his morning mass the Pope spoke of the superficial and the rigid ‘masquerade’ as Christians. There are people who “masquerade as Christians,” and sin by being excessively superficial or overly rigid, forgetting that a true Christian is a...
by John Freund, CM | Jun 26, 2013 | Church
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has established a Pontifical Commission charged with drawing up an “exhaustive” report into the juridical standing and activities of the Vatican’s financial institution, the Institute for Religious Works, more commonly known as the IOR. ...
