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October 2013

October 25, 2013

Quote of the day: “Do you waste time with your children?”

"When I hear the confession of a young married man or woman, and they refer...

October 23, 2013

Pope meets with prison chaplains, laments injustice that lets “the big fish swim free”

Some telling remarks from the Holy Father this morning: Pope Francis on Wednesday before the...

October 17, 2013

How about going HERE for a retreat?

Behold, Ariccia, where Pope Francis and the curia will be spending a few days during...

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 12, 2013

On Pope Francis: “The lapsed are listening”

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

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 07, 2013

Worth a thousand words

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

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 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 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,...

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...

September 25, 2013

“How many of you pray for Christians who are persecuted?”

This was very much on the pope's mind this morning—along with some other challenging thoughts...

September 25, 2013

The pope makes his mark in Newark, “the first truly Francis appointment”

And what is happening in Newark may be telling. Rocco has everything you need to...

September 23, 2013

The pope’s powerful outreach to a prodigal people

I've been reading some of the reaction to the ground-shaking interview with Pope Francis. Not...

September 23, 2013

What’s in a name? Some insight into Pope (George Mary) Francis

From Dr. Edward Mulholland in Zenit: Jorge María Bergoglio is now better known as Pope...

September 21, 2013

NY Times: “A surprise pope keeps on surprising”

The paper sniffs around for some analysis of the pope's interview: Francis is challenging the...

September 21, 2013

The Francis Effect: 8 ways he’s changing the Catholic Church

Elizabeth Tenety in the Washington Post offers some anecdotal evidence: increased Mass attendance, larger crowds...

September 20, 2013

Turnabout? Bishop Tobin, once “disappointed” in Francis, now “grateful”

From NCR: The U.S. Catholic bishop who grabbed headlines when he said he was "disappointed"...

September 20, 2013

“A pope for the Catholic middle”—UPDATED

That's how John Allen sizes up yesterday's headline-grabbing interview with Pope Francis. His take: In...

September 17, 2013

Report: Francis urges priests to “welcome” couples living together—UPDATED

That's just one part of a two-hour discussion he had with the priests of Rome...

September 13, 2013

“If you speak ill of your brother, you kill your brother…”

From today's homily, Pope Francis offers a message I really need to take to heart:...

September 13, 2013

“Car talk” about the pope’s Renault

Earlier this week, the pope got a new set of wheels. And now CNS...