In the final days before he departs for his much anticipated North American voyage, Pope Francis is asking the faithful around the world to accompany him with prayer.
Pope Francis has made substantial changes to the process of annulment for divorced Catholics, streamlining the process by granting bishops the power to rule on clear-cut cases and calling for the decrees to be issued free-of-charge.
In his weekly General Audience yesterday morning, Pope Francis dedicated his catechetical reflection on the need for family members to learn how to slow down and enjoy the fruits of their labor rather than being “a slave to work.”
While celebrating Mass at the Marina Shrine of Caacupe near Asuncion in Paraquay on Saturday, Pope Francis paid a heartfelt tribute to the women of Paraquay, calling them the “lifeblood” of the nation who resuscitated the country after a devastating war during the 19th century.
The Vatican has released the Pope’s itinerary for his visit to the U.S. which will begin in Washington DC on September 22 and end in Philadelphia on September 27.
Pope Francis continued his catechesis on the family, shifting from a focus on external threats to the family, such as poverty and illness, to those that come within, and addressed those situations when it becomes impossible for couples to remain together.
One part of Pope Francis’ new encyclical that isn’t getting much press coverage is how aggressively he confronts the hot-button issues of abortion and population control, saying that we cannot effectively care for the environment without first working to defend human life.
In his brief but eventful one-day trip to Sarajevo on June 6, Pope Francis called upon the citizens of the war-torn country of Bosnia-Herzogovena to leave their ethnic wars in the past and become peace makers for the future.
While celebrating the Solemn Feast of Corpus Christi yesterday, Pope Francis reminded the faithful that it is the Eucharist which binds us to Christ, a “feast” we must partake of in order to avoid falling into despair.
Palestinian President Mahmoud AbbasOnce again, the media’s haste to further their own agenda has caused them to misquote a comment made by Pope Francis during a meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in which he supposedly referred to the president as “an angel of peace”.
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