By Rabbi Eric J. Greenberg In early 2012, I received an unexpected phone call from a stranger – an American Jew living in Argentina. He heard I am deeply involved in Catholic-Jewish relations and thought he had a great idea that I could help him with. The former New Yorker had become friendly with Argentinian […]
Celebrating Mass early on Tuesday, just a few hours before he was scheduled to fly to Washington, Pope Francis told Cubans, “Our revolution comes about through tenderness.”
As Cubans finally face the prospects of calmer relationships and greater ease of communication and commerce with the U.S., Pope Francis, speaking in Havana’s Revolution Square, Sept. 20, told the Cuban people that love and service, not anyone’s ideology, are the keys to their happiness.
Pope Francis began his visit to Cuba praying for greater freedom for the island’s people and calling on U.S. and Cuban politicians to continue moving toward fully normal and neighborly relations.
Pope Francis’ schedule for the day includes a midday prayer with the U.S. bishops at St. Matthew Cathedral and a canonization Mass he will celebrate for Blessed Junipero Serra on the east portico of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
On Sept. 25, Pope Francis will visit the World Trade Center memorial site of the 9/11 attacks, where nearly 3,000 people were killed by terrorists in 2001. He plans to pay his respects to the victims of the attack and meet with local religious leaders for a Multi-Religious Meeting for Peace.
To honor the visit of Pope Francis to the United States for the World Meeting of Families taking place in Philadelphia, the Catholic Telemedia Network (CTN), a division of DeSales Media Group, is sponsoring a “Welcome Pope Francis – Celebrate Family” project.
Guest columnist Richard Trumka shares the results of a recent national survey, commissioned by the AFL-CIO and faith organizations, that shows “religious” and “faith affiliated” Americans see Pope Francis’ moral clarity as a guide for the 2016 presidential election.
By Msgr. Anthony Hernandez Recently, it was announced that the Holy Father, Pope Francis, will extend to all priests the faculty to absolve those who have procured the sin of abortion and who with contrite hearts seek forgiveness for it. This was done within the context of explaining to the faithful how one can receive […]
Pope Francis has been giving real orders to Vatican staff to lift the locks on places and spaces that were long closed to the general public – the latest being the papal summer home in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo.
