Yesterday at The New York Times, Pope Francis published an excerpt of his new book Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future. He offers a devastating critique of the selfishness that we Americans try to pass off as...
From America magazine: “Below is the full text of Pope Francis’ address during the extraordinary Urbi et Orbi blessing he delivered while praying for an end of the coronavirus.” “When evening had come” (Mk 4:35). The Gospel passage we have just heard...
Pope Francis has approved a change to the English version of Lord’s Prayer that is said in mass. Here is a taste of a piece at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pope Francis has approved a change to the Lord’s Prayer, widely regarded...
Here is a taste of Nicole Winfield’s reporting at Religion News Service: BOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis is urging President Donald Trump to rethink his decision to end a program protecting young immigrants from deportation, saying anyone...
One of my favorite religion writers, Mark Silk, thinks so. Here is a taste of his recent piece at Religion News Service: Although Crux’s John Allen likes to pretend otherwise, Roman Catholicism is now clearly divided between the Party of Francis and...
Pope Francis speaks at Independence Hall, September 2015 La Civilta Cattolica, a periodical published by Italian Jesuits and vetted by the Vatican, recently published an article titled “Evangelical Fundamentalism and Catholic Integralism in the USA: A Suprising Ecumenism.”...
That’s right. Francis played the Hitler card. Here is a taste of an NBC news article about the Pope’s recent interview with a Spanish newspaper: ROME — Pope Francis has warned against growing populism in Europe, saying such movements could...
If you haven’t heard, Pope Francis will be visiting the United States later this month. In order to place his visit in historical context, Newsweek is running a piece on the history of papal visits to the United States. Only...
Here is part two of my continuing series on Pope Francis’s Evangelii Gaudium. Liberal Catholics and non-Catholic liberals absolutely love Francis’s treatment of consumer capitalism in this document. My Facebook feed is loaded with liberal friends who are gushing all...
