Journalists be truthful. The Pope’s latest prayer intention is for journalists’ work to always be motivated by strong ethics and respect for the truth. The Pope’s prayer video, released this week, opens showing scenes of a television studio, recording studio, writing desks and satellites, which flash across the screen as the Pope speaks. Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Pope Francis’
Gender theory destroys marriage
Tuesday, October 4th, 2016
Gender theory – where people choose their gender – is destroying marriage, Pope Francis says. He said it is a global war against marriage, which he described as God’s most beautiful creation. He was speaking to a group of religious men and women and pastoral agents in Georgia. “Today, there is a global war trying to Read more
Immensely significant – Anglican and Catholic bishops to work together
Tuesday, October 4th, 2016Immensely significant celebrations marking 50 years since an Anglican Centre was founded in Rome to “promote Christian unity in a divided world” will take place in Rome next week. A week-long summit which the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby and Pope Francis will attend in Rome will climax with a service in the monastery from which Read more
What is a ‘satanic’ crime?
Friday, September 30th, 2016
In his homily at the requiem mass for Fr Jacques Hamel, Pope Francis characterized the murderers’ act as “Satanic.” Yet Protestants and Catholics have significantly different conceptions of the figure of the Devil. La Croix journalists, Marie Malzac and Gauthier Vaillant, discuss these notions with Fr Jean-Pascal Duloisy, exorcist for the dioceses of the Île-de-France Read more
Nuclear weapons – US bishops and the UN agree
Friday, September 30th, 2016
Catholic Bishops in the US support the Comprehensive [Nuclear Weapons] Test Ban Treaty. Their stance echoes Vatican statements about North Korea’s nuclear capabilities and Pope Francis’s concerns. The U.S. bishops’ conference “welcomes the action of the U.N. Security Council …,” Bishop Oscar Cantú of Las Cruces, N.M. said. He says the Conference encourages “this important Read more
Pope Francis can’t attend Shimon Peres funeral- he’s peacemaking in Georgia
Friday, September 30th, 2016Pope Francis will not travel to Israel on Friday to attend the funeral of Shimon Peres, despite an announcement to the contrary by Israel’s Foreign Ministry. A spokesman for the ministry said Francis was expected to attend the funeral, along with US President Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, Prince Charles and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Read more
Pope Francis and the work of reform
Tuesday, September 27th, 2016
Reform never happens all at once, and, frankly, at the level of details it’s often boring as hell. Statutes for a new communications department approved by Pope Francis and released Thursday don’t exactly make gripping reading, but they suggest that reform is becoming irreversible. Here’s the thing about important historical reforms: They almost never happen Read more
Service not politics should your focus, Pope tells nuncios
Tuesday, September 20th, 2016
Service not politics should be your focus, Pope Francis told his papal ambassadors (nuncios) last week. In a special Jubilee audience with nearly all of his 108 ambassadors around the world, Pope Francis thanked them for their dedication, and encouraged them to continue their work in humble service, without getting caught up in useless politics. Read more
Welcoming refugees protects us from terrorism, Pope says
Tuesday, September 20th, 2016
Welcoming refugees with authentic hospitality is “our greatest security against hateful acts of terrorism”, Pope Francis says. He was speaking to alumni of Jesuit schools in Europe who were in Rome for a conference on refugees. The pope said: “I encourage you to welcome refugees into your homes and communities, so that their first experience Read more
Assisting with abortion an obstacle to ordination
Tuesday, September 20th, 2016
Assisting with abortion – even for former non-Catholics – is an obstacle to ordination. According to the National Catholic Reporter, the Vatican published the ruling on Thursday after Pope Francis approved the interpretation of church law during a Pontifical Council in May. The Catholic Church considers the sanctity of life “so absolute” that the new Read more