The article reports that Pope Francis of the Catholic Church declared December 8, 2015 to November 20, 2016 as the Jubilee Year of Mercy. Topics discussed include the involvement of the Catholic Church around the world in this religious event, the biblical reference behind the celebration of the...
Gregory (2019) ‘The doctrine of mercy. Moral authority, soft power, and the foreign policy of Pope Francis’, International Politics 15(4): 4. Google Scholar Cronin, Bruce (2003) Institutions for the common good. International protection regimes in international society, Cambridge, UK, New ...
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In August 2016, "after intense prayer and mature reflection," Pope Francis set up a panel to study whether women should be able toserve as deacons, a role now reserved to men. The commission is made up of 12 members including priests, nuns and laywomen... half women and half men. So...
BBC - Pope Francis pushed opened the huge bronze Holy Door of StPeter's Basilica in Rome to launch the Catholic Church's "Year ofMercy". 英汉读者BBC双语新闻–教皇弗朗西斯打开罗马圣彼得大教堂巨大的青铜“神圣大门”,开启天...
Francis may temper his criticism with a bit of tough love. In announcing his“Year of Mercy”last April, he said that God’s grace is open even to mobsters. “I direct this invitation to conversion even more fervently to those whose behavior distances them from the grace of God,” the ...
3 December 2017 Abstract: Since the Apostolic Exhortation of Amoris Laetitia in May 2016 and Apostolic Letter Misericordia et Misera in November 2016, Pope Francis has stirred a new discussion on mercy and the role of mercy in certain matters of sexual ethics including divorced, remarried, and co...
Drops of Mercy (October 31, 2015) The Giving of Forgiveness (October 31, 2015) Hell of a Time (October 31, 2015) The Leaders who need Leaders (October 31, 2015) Supreme Pontiff Francis I "And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the ...
Drops of Mercy (October 31, 2015) The Giving of Forgiveness (October 31, 2015) Hell of a Time (October 31, 2015) The Leaders who need Leaders (October 31, 2015) Supreme Pontiff Francis I "And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the ...
ROME-- Pope Francis has made it easier for women who've had abortions to be granted absolution during confession. The pontiff decreed that during the Jubilee year of Mercy starting December 8, any priest anywhere in the world can forgive the sin. ...