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October 2013

October 16, 2013

Worth a thousand words: five-alarm Francis

Pope Francis wears a firefighter’s helmet as he arrives to lead his general audience in...

October 16, 2013

Pope Francis: “Are we ‘sacristy Christians,’ Christians only by word but that live like pagans?”

"The Church is Apostolic because she is sent to take the Gospel to the whole...

October 14, 2013

Washington Post: conservative Catholics questioning the pope’s approach

The Washington Post is picking up on a phenomenon some of us have been aware...

October 13, 2013

“Am I a Christian full-time?”

"Mary said her 'yes' to God: a 'yes' which threw her simple life in Nazareth...

October 13, 2013

Church confronts the “silent schism” of divorced and remarried Catholics

From Vatican Insider: Shock declarations, such as the ones contained in the document issued by...

October 12, 2013

On Pope Francis: “The lapsed are listening”

From Timothy Egan in the New York Times: He is — gasp — a liberal....

October 11, 2013

The Francis Effect

"Every day, I hear from Catholics who, like me, are reconsidering their lives, their actions,...

October 10, 2013

This is why God made spellcheck: papal medal misspells “Jesus”

Oops: An official medal to commemorate the first year of Pope Francis's reign has gone...

October 10, 2013

Pope writes letter to gay Catholics in Italy

America has the details: Pope Francis turned to pen and paper to respond to a...

October 09, 2013

Pope Francis on what it means to be “catholic”

From his general audience today: In the Creed, we profess that the Church is “catholic”;...

October 08, 2013

Historic: Pope Francis calls an Extraordinary Synod on the family

Such synods are rare. This one will be only the third of its kind ever....

October 07, 2013

Worth a thousand words

Pope Francis embraces a disabled young man in Assisi on Friday. Photo from News.va via...

October 07, 2013

Two popes, one mother and the rosary

In 2005, the monthly magazine 30 Days invited 20 cardinals from around the world to...

October 06, 2013

Cardinal friend to Pope Francis: “You’re not the same guy”

John Allen has some fascinating details about the papal election and the "mystical experience" of...

October 05, 2013

Scalfari interview with Francis: he didn’t tape it or take notes. So how accurate is it?—UPDATED

From John Allen in NCR: While stressing the basic “trustworthiness” of a recent blockbuster interview...

October 05, 2013

“Jesus can be found through your wounds”: popes and the disabled

Yesterday, during his visit to Assisi, Pope Francis made a memorable and moving stop at...

October 04, 2013

Just another quiet week at the Vatican

And veteran Vatican-watcher John Thavis helps put it in perspective: It’s been a busy week...

October 04, 2013

Worth a thousand words: “You sit here”

Priceless: a little boy shows Pope Francis to his seat during a lunch break in...

October 04, 2013

Papal interviews are “a genre to which we are not accustomed”

From Catholic News Service: When Pope Benedict XVI answered a journalist's 2010 question about condom...

October 03, 2013

On proselytism, Pope Francis has plenty of company

Pope Francis is getting a lot of heat, and grief, for describing proselytism as "solemn...

October 02, 2013

Obama “hugely impressed” with Pope Francis

To me, the fact that he's impressed isn't as surprising as the fact that a...

October 02, 2013

How come Pope Francis doesn’t talk about deacons?

Good question. I got an e-mail today from a deacon friend on the West Coast:...

October 02, 2013

So, what did Pope Francis and the cardinals talk about on Day One?

CNS has the answer: Pope Francis and his eight cardinal advisers on church governance spent...

October 02, 2013

For all you folks who speak Italian …

Eugenio Scalfari talks about his interview with what's-his-name. In Italian.

October 02, 2013

“In some ways, Francis is the most ‘Jewish’ Pope we have ever encountered”

Some fascinating Jewish analysis of Pope Francis, via The Jewish Daily Forward: It is not...

October 01, 2013

“He. Is. Peter.”

Gerard Nadal captures something I've been thinking for a while, but puts it better than...

October 01, 2013

First reaction to Pope Francis interview: “Context, friends, context”—UPDATED

While people try to find their balance after this morning's seismic jolt in La Repubblica,...

October 01, 2013

Bombshell #2: Pope gives another major interview

And Rocco Palmo has the first take-away: In the latest proof of his desire to...

September 2013

September 30, 2013

Timothy Radcliffe: Pope Francis points to a “new way of being Church”

The esteemed Dominican concludes his reflection on the Pope Francis interview with this note: Pope...

September 30, 2013

“Encounter” to be theme of next World Communications Day

Not that surprising, since Pope Francis mentions that idea often (and he's no slouch at...