Posts Tagged ‘The Joy of the Gospel’

Pope Francis denounces ‘trickle-down’ economic theories

Friday, November 29th, 2013

Pope Francis on Tuesday criticized growing economic inequality and unfettered markets in a wide-ranging and decidedly populist teaching that revealed how he plans to reshape the Catholic Church. In an apostolic exhortation titled “Evangelii Gaudium,” or “The Joy of the Gospel,” Pope Francis has set an agenda to return the Catholic Church to the humility Read more

Pope Francis says Catholic church must decentralize

Friday, November 29th, 2013

Pope Francis has outlined his vision for the future of the Catholic Church in an 84-page Apostolic Exhortation titled “The Joy of the Gospel,” calling for powers to be stripped from the Vatican, although he ruled out allowing women priests. Pope Francis said he was seeking advise on how his role should change – using Read more