Francis – Message Category

FRANCIS IN ROME, aica. During the general audience on 4 March, Pope Francis continued with the catechesis dedicated to families, following the spiritual exercises of the Curia and the Holy Father outside the Vatican for Lent.  The Pope dedicated his catechesis to the family and called for great care for elderly people in need, who live alone, are ill or depend on others.  He also asked newlyweds to renew their marriage vows every day.  "The 13th of March will mark two years since Pope Francis ascended the papal throne," commentedRead More
FRANCIS IN ROME, org. Last Sunday Pope Francis presided over the Mass in St. Peter's Basilica concelebrated with the new cardinals he ordained in the Consistory the previous day. In his homily, the Bishop of Rome recalled three key concepts that the Church imparts in the day's liturgy of the word: Jesus' compassion for the marginalized and his desire to re-integrate them. The way of the Church is always the way of Jesus, the way of mercy and integration, the Pope said. Therefore, he said, charity cannot be neutral, indifferent,Read More
FRANCIS IN ROME, org. On Saturday, 14 February, Pope Francis ordained fifteen new elector cardinals and another five non-elector cardinals. He exhorted them to reject all forms of injustice and to practice charity with magnanimity and benevolence. The rite was held in St. Peter's Basilica and was attended by Pope Emeritus Joseph Ratzinger, whom Pope Francis embraced at the start to the ceremony. After the profession of faith and the oath, the pope gave each one of them a red biretta, the symbol of the cardinalate, and the ring. SomeRead More
VATICAN, vis. In his catechesis during the general audience on 10 February in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis continued his reflections on the family, this time saying that children are a gift from God to parents and society. After emphasizing that a child is love because he is a child, and not because he is beautiful, healthy, good, or because he thinks about incarnating his parents' desires, the Bishop of Rome recalled that being children enables us to discover the free dimension of love, of being loved before having doneRead More
VATICAN, mda. A positive and conclusive profile of the father figure was Pope Francis' chosen theme for his catechesis during his Wednesday general audiences in the Pope Paul VI Hall. "His catechesis on paternity - from the audiences on 28 January and 4 February - is a gift from God and confirms Fr. Kentenich's charism," commented Fr. José María García. The Holy Father provides encourages fathers, to be present in the family, in the first person. In order to be a good father, the first thing is to be "presentRead More
FRANCIS IN ROME, mda. Before heading to the Paul VI Hall for the customary Wednesday General Audience on January 21, the Pope - following a centuries-old tradition - blessed two lambs at the entrance to Domus Sanctae Marthae.  Their wool will be used to make the palliums for the new archbishops who will be installed on 29 June during the feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul.  Francis used the audience on 21 January to talk about his apostolic visit to Sri Lanka and the Philippines and invited those presentRead More
org. Every part of the Church, and many others outside of her - believers or non-believers - have received Pope Francis` clear and hope-filled words. They are also words that motivate us to assume the responsibility we all have to build a world in accordance to the Will of God, in the strength of the Spirit and through the way of Christ. Cardinals and bishops, priests, men and women religious, novices and seminarians, families, the youth and elderly, communities and institutes have received this challenge to go out "onto theRead More

Posted On 10.01.2015In Francis - Message

Room 201

Fr. Hugo Tagle. Room 201: This is the room number for Pope Francis in the Saint Martha House. Perhaps we have become accustomed to his preference for an austere lifestyle in the guesthouse. But his bright ideas, his deviating from protocol, and his sharp-as-a knife phrases surprise us and positively bewilder us daily. With Pope Francis began, undoubtedly, an ecclesial path of no return. Since his election as Successor to Peter, the Church and her relationship with the world will never be the same.Read More
ADVENT WITH POPE FRANCIS, org. We celebrate the fourth Advent Sunday. Christmas is close. As in every year we hear the call: Let us go out as pilgrim to meet the Lord! Joy for the poor, a feast for the people – let us prepare the way of the Lord! In his Jubilee message at the audience on 25 October our Holy Father, Pope Francis, presented an Advent inspiration … an Advent inspiration towards this Christmas and into Schoenstatt’s second century. Let us allow ourselves to be moved and challengedRead More
ADVENT WITH POPE FRANCIS, org. We celebrate the second Advent Sunday in the eve of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. As in every year we hear the call: Let us go out as pilgrim to meet the Lord! Joy for the poor, a feast for the people – let us prepare the way of the Lord! In his Jubilee message at the audience on 25 October our Holy Father, Pope Francis, presented an Advent inspiration … an Advent inspiration towards this Christmas and into Schoenstatt’s second century. Let usRead More