A Franciscan cardinal-elect says he doesn’t want to be ordained as a bishop. He says he wants to continue being “simple priest” who is allowed to die in his Franciscan habit. Friar Raniero Cantalamessa (86) says he has asked Pope Francis “for a dispensation from episcopal ordination.” “The bishop’s job is to be a shepherd Read more
The papal preacher has warned against a “god of money” who creates an alternative spiritual universe where virtues are turned upside down. Fr Raniero Cantalamessa was preaching at a Good Friday service presided over by Pope Francis at St Peter’s Basilica. In such an alternative universe, faith, hope and love do not come from God Read more