Sunday Homily: Pope Francis to Women: The Next Pope Should Be One of You!Mike RivageSeul
For the past few weeks,Francis has generally avoideddelivering long speeches to avoid the strain on his breathing. He ditched his Palm Sunday homily last week and decided at the last minute to stay home from the Good Friday procession at the Colosseum. The Vatican said in a brief explanation ...
The hasty announcement recalled Francis’ last-minute decision on Palm Sunday, when the Vatican issued the pope’s homily in advance to journalists, and his aide got up to give him his glasses to read it, when Francis made clear he was skipping it. Francis had appeared in good for...
Sunday Homily: Pope Francis, Jesus and David Brooks on Wealth RedistributionMike RivageSeul
And in 2014’s Palm Sunday homily, he made those guards mad again when he posed for “selfies” with young people and also sipped tea passed to him from the crowd. He is even getting his own magazine dedicated to the weekly doings, sayings, gestures and activities of the 265th ...
“How sad and painful it is to see closed doors,” Francis said in his Sunday homily on the Danube. “The closed doors of our selfishness with regard to others; the closed doors of our individualism amid a society of growing isolation; the closed doors of our indifference towards the under...
Concerns about his condition were renewed three days ago, when he skipped his homily at a Palm Sunday service in St Peter's Square. The pontiff is due to preside over a number of religious services and ceremonies leading up to Easter on Sunday, including a washing of the feet ritua...
Francis ushered in 2025 with a renewed appeal for the Catholic faithful to reject abortion. By Nicole Winfield, Associated PressJanuary 01, 2025 at 0:03pm GMT Pope Francis kicks off year-long Jubilee In his homily, Francis said the Holy Year is an opportunity to relieve the debt of poor ...
"I, too, need Jesus to caress me and be near to me,″ Francis said. Concern over abandonment threaded through his homily. "Entire peoples are exploited and abandoned; the poor live on our streets and we look the other way; migrants are no longer faces but numbers; prisoners are disowned...
Pope Francis made arguably his first serious foray into international diplomacy yesterday, issuing a strong appeal for peace in Syria. In the process, he appeared to argue against external military intervention in the country. Delivering his Sunday Angelus homily in St Peter’s Square yesterday, the...