House members voted July 28 to limit the number of people allowed in the House Chamber Sept. 24 when Pope Francis addresses a joint meeting of Congress.
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Immigrant Workers Building Pope’s Chair
North of New York, in two workshops 26 miles apart, teams of unlikely craftsmen are creating the altar, ambo and presider’s chair Pope Francis will use when he celebrates Mass at Madison Square Garden Sept. 25.
Popemobile Has Arrived In the United States
More than a month before Pope Francis was scheduled to arrive in the United States, his ride landed on U.S. shores.
Harlem Students Are Ready to Meet Pope
Being called to the principal’s office in the middle of the summer turned out to be a good thing for 24 youngsters from four Catholic elementary schools in Harlem. The students learned they will represent their schools when Pope Francis visits Our Lady Queen of Angels School in East Harlem on Sept. 25.
Pope to See ‘Homeless Jesus’ in D.C.
When Pope Francis approaches the Catholic Charities building in downtown Washington during his U.S. visit in September, he will encounter a “homeless person” covered in a blanket laying on a park bench.
Pope Offers How-To Guide For Family Relationships
Pope Francis knows the family is made up of real people living in the real world, which is why he often gives down-to-earth advice.
Francis’ Emphasis On Mercy
Sixth in a series AS I have been reporting in several columns in this series on Pope Francis’ vision for the Church, I have found a marvelous guide in Cardinal Walter Kasper’s “Pope Francis’ Revolution of Tenderness and Love” (New York: Paulist Press, 2015, pp. 117, $16.95). I cannot recall any book the length of […]
An Oasis of Mercy
Last April 11, at First Vespers of Divine Mercy Sunday (Second Sunday of Easter), Pope Francis presented the Bull of Indiction of the Jubilee of Mercy, entitled “Misericordiae Vultus” or “The Face of Mercy.”
While in US, Pope to Address Immigration
Pope Francis will arrive in the U.S. in September at the close of what could be called the “summer of immigration.”
Colombian Guerrillas Seek Meeting With The Pope
Representatives of Colombia’s FARC have asked to meet Pope Francis in Cuba in September and have requested the Church name a permanent delegate to their peace negotiations with the government.