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December 2013

December 19, 2013

“He wants pastors”: Pope Francis mandates members of Curia to hear confessions

Details: As part of Pope Francis’ pastoral reforms, all 44 senior members of the Roman...

December 16, 2013

How to have a Pope Francis-style Christmas

Some advice from a professor at Santa Clara University: Time Magazine's pick of Pope Francis...

December 13, 2013

“The scandal of preaching”

From today's homily: Pope Francis celebrated Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae...

December 12, 2013

On Pope Francis: “He’s made Catholicism cool”

From The New York Post: On the night of Dec. 4, more than a thousand...

December 12, 2013

What does Pope Francis have in common with Nelson Mandela?

I think it's a compelling quality of leadership—and style of leadership— that is exceedingly rare....

December 11, 2013

Pope Francis medallion added to St. Paul Outside-the-Walls

The Vatican's Facebook page notes: Pope Francis' medallion portrait has just been added yesterday to...

December 11, 2013

TIME names Pope Francis “Person of the Year”

From the beautifully-written cover story, by Nancy Gibbs: Rarely has a new player on the...

December 06, 2013

Pope Francis on Nelson Mandela: “I pray his example will inspire generations…”

From the Vatican: Pope Francis on Friday paid tribute to Nelson Mandela expressing his hope...

December 05, 2013

Pope establishes special commission on child sex abuse

From Catholic News Service: Pope Francis accepted a proposal to set up a special commission...

December 05, 2013

Boston Globe: Francis giving other faiths “pope envy”

The reader who sent me this noted: "This is incredible for a Boston Globe editorial."...

December 04, 2013

Obama quotes the pope in economic address

Details, from the AP: The Pope is making the world sit up and pay attention...

December 03, 2013

Argentine congress moves to nominate Pope Francis for Nobel Peace Prize

From Catholic News Agency: Argentina’s House of Representatives has passed a resolution to nominate...

December 02, 2013

Pope Francis, bouncer

A fascinating tidbit about the pope's early life, from CNS: In addition to having worked...

November 2013

November 30, 2013

Pope blesses sculpture of Jesus as a homeless man

You may remember this story from last spring, about Timothy Schmalz's sculpture of a homeless...

November 26, 2013

“We need to create still broader opportunities for a more incisive female presence in the Church…”

From Pope Francis's "The Joy of the Gospel": 102. "Lay people are, put simply, the...

November 26, 2013

Pew: No “Francis Effect” in U.S.

From Reuters: The popularity of Pope Francis, who became pontiff in March, has failed to...

November 25, 2013

Papa, don’t preach: Pope Francis, the nudge

CNS takes note of an interesting papal characteristic: nagging. To wit: When Pope Francis mills...

November 22, 2013

What you might not know about the pope’s “huge following” on Twitter

Details: A good number of Pope Francis' followers on Twitter are overseas Filipino workers (OFWs)...

November 21, 2013

Beautiful: Pope blesses man with severely disfigured face

Details: While many spiritual leaders preach the importance of compassion, Pope Francis gives us all...

November 20, 2013

Pope calls on priests to be “servants of the sacrament” of forgiveness, says he goes to confession every two weeks

From his Wednesday audience: Speaking to the the faithful during the weekly General Audience in...

November 18, 2013

Pope Francis: “Many people make human sacrifices and there are laws that protect them…”

From his homily today: Pope Francis warned the faithful against what he described as a...

November 13, 2013

A Protestant writes: “The thing that shocked me most about Pope Francis”

From Zack Hunt at the blog The American Jesus: I’m not Roman Catholic, but he’s...

November 12, 2013

Sarah Palin “taken aback” by “kind of liberal” comments of Pope Francis

From CNN: Sarah Palin said she is trying to follow Pope Francis, but is wary of...

November 12, 2013

Cardinal says Francis has no intention of restricting access to Latin Mass

Details: The former prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy has told a traditionalist group...

November 11, 2013

Rise in Italian church attendance pegged to the “Francis Effect”

From Religion News Service: Italy’s Center for Studies on New Religions reported Sunday (Nov. 10)...

November 11, 2013

The pope’s new BFF?

From Amy Sullivan in the National Journal: Stephen Colbert may be—as he bragged in character...

November 05, 2013

Pope: “It is everyone’s Church!”

That's the gist of his homily from this morning: At the heart of Christianity is...

October 2013

October 29, 2013

Cardinal Pell slams SSPX criticism of Pope Francis as “absolute rubbish”

Details from Gerard O'Connell at Vatican Insider: The Australian cardinal George Pell, one of the eight...

October 29, 2013

“The new head of the Roman Catholic Church is blowing everyone’s minds.”

With a grateful diaconal bow to Mark Shea, I offer some of what an Episcopal...

October 27, 2013

The Francis Effect in Nebraska

From the World-Herald in Omaha: At his sister’s wedding reception, Taylor Leffler sat down for...