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Francis thanked Benedict on Saturday for “his testimony of faith and prayer, especially in these final years of retired life.” Speaking during a New Year’s Eve vigil, Francis said only God knew “of his sacrifices offered for the good of the church.” ___ LONDON -- Britain’s Kin...
Bergoglio had never been an especially gifted public speaker. But now that he’s Pope Francis, his recognizable humanity comes off as positively revolutionary. Against the absurd, impossibly baroque backdrop of the Vatican, a world still run like a medieval court, Francis’ election represents what...
Francis, On Heaven and Earth, p. 37: “There also exists the ministerial intercession of a rabbi or a priest who prays or asks for the health of another and it is granted. What gives credibility to a person who is healing according to the law of God is simplicity, humility and the ...
During the first ten years of Elizabeth I’s reign she took very little notice of the English Catholics who led their home shores to find sanctuary in Europe. Very sensibly she had no desire to create martyrs. There was also the lesson of her half-sister to consider. She had begun her ...
the years of their accession to the see of Rome, and the year of their death. The following table is given from the Roman almanac entitledGerarchia Cattolica(with the original names of the popes, and notices of antipopes, from other sources), and although it is so uncritical in its firs...
No doubt exhausted by the "Vatileaks" scandal and ongoing ill health, the following year, Pope Benedict sparked controversy again, this time becoming the first pope in 600 years to resign. Image:Pope Francis and Pope Benedict in August 2022 ...
The pope decried that about 5,000 people have been killed in places of worship throughout the world in the last 40 years. Francis called that an outbreak of violence “that exploits the sacred.” “As religious leaders, I believe that first of all we must serve the truth and decl...
One of Francis’s first proclamations to the worldwide Catholic congregation was a “zero tolerance” policy being implemented toward all pedophile priests, bishops and cardinals. KEY POINT: That such a much-needed policy even had to be instituted in the first place is quite shocking in light ...