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March 2015

March 08, 2015

Pope Francis: “The whip of Jesus with us is his mercy”

In the Angelus address Sunday, Pope Francis offered this take on Jesus cleansing the temple: In...

March 07, 2015

50 years ago today: Pope Paul VI celebrates first Mass in the vernacular

Pope Francis will be commemorating that historic event at the place where it happened. And...

March 06, 2015

John Allen: “Mercy is the spiritual bedrock of this papacy”

Crux has just published the introduction to a new book by John Allen, "The Francis...

March 05, 2015

Pew Research: Pope’s popularity continues to grow in U.S., with 95% favorable rating among Catholics

From Pew: Nearly two years after becoming the leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis...

March 02, 2015

Pope Francis: judge yourself

From his homily this morning, via Vatican Radio: It is easy to judge others, but...

February 2015

February 26, 2015

Habitat for Humanity to build a Pope Francis House

From The St. Louis Review: Habitat for Humanity St. Louis will begin building The Pope...

February 23, 2015

Pope Francis declares a new doctor of the Church

From Vatican Radio: Pope Francis has declared Armenian poet and monk, Saint Gregory of Narek,...

February 19, 2015

Pope Francis talks to Rome’s priests about liturgy, preaching

From CNS: The liturgy should help the faithful enter into God's mystery and to experience...

February 18, 2015

Did a gay rights group actually get “VIP treatment” at the Vatican?—UPDATED

Here's the report from Reuters: A prominent American Catholic gay rights group was given VIP...

February 17, 2015

VIDEO: Pope offers Mass for slain Copts

From Vatican Radio: Pope Francis offered Mass Tuesday morning for the repose of the souls...

February 16, 2015

Homeless line up for haircuts, showers at Vatican: “It’s a beautiful thing he has done for us”

From AP: Homeless people are lining up outside the public restrooms off St Peter's Square...

February 16, 2015

“For anyone who wants to go back to the way things were before Francis, it’s game over.”

View image | gettyimages.com NPR's Indira Lakshmanan sat down with Rocco Palmo this weekend to...

February 14, 2015

Pope to new cardinals: it’s all about charity

From Vatican Radio: Pope Francis presided over an ordinary Public Consistory for the Creation of...

February 13, 2015

Ganswein: Benedict “is convinced that the decision he made was the right one”

From CNS: Retired Pope Benedict XVI has never doubted or regretted his decision to resign,...

February 12, 2015

Benedict today: “His mind is formidable”

From AFP: Former pope Benedict XVI can still play Mozart from memory on the piano...

February 10, 2015

Pope Francis: “There is a responsibility to nurture the Earth, to nurture Creation”

From Vatican Radio: Christians are called to care for God's creation. That was the Pope’s...

February 05, 2015

Confirmed: Pope will address joint session of U.S. Congress

This is unprecedented. From the Archdiocese of Washington: It is a great honor and tremendous joy...

February 05, 2015

“This is the mission of the Church: to heal the wounded hearts, to open doors, to say that God is good…”

Highlights of the pope's homily today, from Vatican Radio: The Church must proclaim the Gospel...

February 03, 2015

It’s official: Pope Francis formally recognizes martyrdom of Oscar Romero

From CNS: After decades of debate within the church, Pope Francis formally recognized that Salvadoran...

January 2015

January 30, 2015

Pope: you can’t “privatize” salvation

He made some astute and timely observations during his homily yesterday. From Vatican Radio: Pope...

January 29, 2015

Pope Francis will not confer palliums on bishops at the Vatican

From CNS: When Pope Francis celebrates the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul in June,...

January 28, 2015

At General Audience, Pope Francis speaks of the dignity of fathers

"St. Joseph with the Infant Jesus" by Guido Reni (c. 1620) via Wikipedia From Vatican...

January 28, 2015

Pope Francis a “headache” for GOP presidential hopefuls?

Rick Santorum prays at a fundraiser in 2012 by Gage Skidmore / Wikipedia Commons From Bloomberg: It is...

January 27, 2015

Now I’ve seen everything: ladies and gentlemen, the hip hop pope

This is a scream. From the mischievously creative mind of Fr. Darryl Millette, from the...

January 27, 2015

Report: Pope Francis met with transgendered man at Vatican

From The Washington Post: There are reports in Spanish publications that Pope Francis has accepted a transgender...

January 26, 2015

St. Matthew’s wife? — UPDATED

"The Calling of St. Matthew" by Caravaggio (1599-1600) via Wikipedia My friend Fr. Scott Hurd...

January 23, 2015

Pope Francis reminds Roman Rota that sacraments are free—and annulments should be, too

From Vatican Radio: Pope Francis received the judges and advocates of the Roman Rota on...

January 23, 2015

Pope Francis: “God forgives everything”

“There is no sin which He won’t pardon. He forgives everything. ‘But father, I don’t...

January 23, 2015

Pope releases message for World Day of Social Communications on “Communicating the Family”

Photo from Vatican Radio From Vatican Radio: The Vatican has issued Pope Francis’ Message for...

January 22, 2015

Pope: Catholics, Lutherans in shared Christian witness

From Vatican Radio: Pope Francis told an ecumenical delegation from Finland Thursday that Catholics and...