Pope Francis has issued a prayer appeal to the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics. All Catholics should take some time during October to pray daily for their scandal-hit church, Pope Francis says. Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Pope Francis’
Pope says changes mean fewer children abused in recent decades
Thursday, September 27th, 2018
There have been fewer children abused by clergy in recent decades because of changes the Church has made in how to deal with the problem, Pope Francis told reporters on Tuesday during an in-flight press conference. After discussing his visit to the Baltics (which was the press conference’s primary purpose), Francis turned to questions about Read more
Scandals are turning young people away from church
Thursday, September 27th, 2018
Sex abuse and economic scandals involving the Church are driving younger people away, Pope Francis admitted to a gathering of young Estonians during his visit to the Balkans this week. “We know – and you have told us – that many young people do not turn to us for anything because they don’t feel we Read more
Why you should see Pope Francis movie
Thursday, September 20th, 2018
It’s true. Wim Wenders’ film, “Pope Francis: A Man of His Word,” is long, and sometimes a badly done movie. In the end, you feel uneasy at such a hagiography and the personality cult it exudes, to which the Catholic Church lends itself so easily, even if one guesses that this pope is fundamentally opposed Read more
U2’s Bono sings Pope Francis praise
Thursday, September 20th, 2018
Pope Francis is an extraordinary man for extraordinary times, says Irish singer Bono. The U2 frontman told reporters he met privately with Francis on Wednesday to sign an agreement between his charity, ONE, and the Scholas Occurentes educational charity supported by Francis. “We haven’t figured out what we are going to do together,” Bono said, Read more
Pope tells it straight to Sicilian mafia
Monday, September 17th, 2018
Pope Francis has told members of the Sicilian mafia, who are regular worshippers, that they cannot believe in God and be Mafiosi. Francis was in Sicily on the weekend to honour a priest murdered by the mob 25 years ago while trying to save youngsters in poor neighbourhoods from falling into their hands. “You can’t Read more
Pope summons world’s top bishops to Rome
Thursday, September 13th, 2018
Protecting minors and vulnerable adults from abuse will be discussed at a special meeting at the Vatican next February. Pope Francis has called all the presidents of the world’s Bishops’ Conferences to attend the meeting. Francis called the meeting after consulting the Council of Cardinal Advisors (also called the C9) at their meeting in Rome Read more
Families don’t appreciate teachers, Pope says
Thursday, September 13th, 2018
Today families don’t appreciate teachers, Pope Francis told a parents’ organisation that supports education as both a scholastic and social effort. He said the relationship between education and the family is declining. “The educational pact is declining. The family no longer appreciates the work of teachers as they did at one time,” Francis says. “To Read more
Japanese visit on cards for Pope
Thursday, September 13th, 2018
A Japanese visit is a possibility for Pope Francis next year. If he goes, it will be only the second time a Catholic pontiff has visited visit Japan. St Pope John Paul II visited Japan in 1981. Francis made the announcement of his proposed visit to members of the “Tensho Kenoh Shisetsu Kenshokai” association he Read more
Wuerl to discuss his resignation with Pope
Thursday, September 13th, 2018
Cardinal Donald Wuerl’s possible resignation will be the subject of a discussion he plans having with Pope Francis, he wrote in a letter to the Washington archiocese bishops. He told them he will be going to Rome soon to discuss his possible resignation. Wuerl’s letter followed an extraordinary meeting at which he talked with archdiocesan Read more