The saints were not “starched,” picture-perfect conformists, Pope Francis said; they were “countercultural and revolutionary.”
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Pope on Mission Sunday: Different Nationalities Make Parishes More Universal
Living out and proclaiming the Gospel are inseparable aspects at the heart of an authentically Christian life and witness, Pope Francis said in his message for World Mission Sunday.
Vatican II was ‘Necessary,’ Retired Pope Writes to U.S. Conference
The Second Vatican Council was “not only meaningful, but necessary,” retired Pope Benedict XVI said in a letter to a conference about his theological work at the Franciscan University of Steubenville.
A 2013 Quote From Pope Francis Reminds Catholics of Their Duty to Vote
The pope also reminded Catholics of the church’s social teaching that politics serves the common good and is “one of the highest forms of charity.”
Pope Names Seven New Members to Life Academy
Pope Francis has named Mariana Mazzucato, a leading economist advocating for sustainable growth, and Dr. John N. Nkengasong, the U.S. global AIDS coordinator and special representative for global health diplomacy at the U.S. Department of State, as members of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
Pope Announces a Second Session for Synod of Bishops Assembly
Saying he did not want to rush the process of discerning how the Holy Spirit is calling the church to grow in “synodality,” Pope Francis announced that the next assembly of the Synod of Bishops would take place in two sessions.
Pope Prays For Unity of Church As He Celebrates Anniversary of Vatican II
The Second Vatican Council was the universal Catholic Church’s response to God’s love and to Jesus’ command to feed his sheep, Pope Francis said, celebrating the 60th anniversary of the council’s opening.
Refusal to Help Migrants is ‘Sinful, Criminal,’ Pope Says at Canonization
The refusal to help desperate migrants “is revolting, it’s sinful, it’s criminal,” Pope Francis said as he canonized a bishop dedicated to assisting migrants and a Salesian brother who had immigrated with his family to Argentina.
Thailand Day Care Massacre An Act of ‘Unspeakable Violence,’ Pope Says
Pope Francis said he was “deeply saddened” after hearing the news of one of the world’s worst mass shootings at a day care center in northeast Thailand.
Pope to Canonize Founder of Scalabrinians, Salesian Pharmacist
While their life journeys and the stages of their sainthood causes diverged, two men born in Italy are set to be canonized together Oct. 9: Blessed Giovanni Battista Scalabrini and Blessed Artemide Zatti.