Church – Francis – Movements Category

org. On 17 December Pope Francis celebrates his 77th birthday. His unaffected and clear words, his spontaneous and fatherly gestures, set us free, jolt us, surprise us and move people to take a new look at this Church that had become distant and foreign to them. In this Pope a father comes towards them with open arms. Eight days before Christmas Pope Francis celebrates his birthday; eight days before the feast about which he said in an interview to "La Stampa", what matters is "tenderness and hope". Heartfelt good wishesRead 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
org. Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel) profiles the Church that Pope Francis desires.  It is an apostolic exhortation the Pope has written as a conclusion to the meeting with the bishops from allover the world, which was held at the Vatican in October 2012, to discuss how to announce the Gospel in today’s world.  The “delightful and comforting joy of evangelizing.”  This is the preface title of the Pope’s Exhortation, the mission and the proclamation of Evangelization. “Goodness always tends to spread.  Every authentic experience of truth andRead More
org. We have Pope Francis' programme in our hands; it is the programme we already know from his sermons in Santa Marta, from his words at the Angelus, his addresses at the World Youth Day, his words in Lampedusa, in Assissi ... It is the message of a "FATHER, courageous and free of complexes, for a culture of encounter, of dialogue, of covenant culture. It is the programme we are meditating on week after week on our website in the "Words of Francis to the Pilgrims 2014" and that forRead More
ROMA, VIS. On Sunday morning, November 24, solemnity of Christ King of the Universe, the Holy Father Francis presided the Mass in St. Peter's Square on the occasion of the closing of the Year of Faith, inaugurated by Pope Benedict XVI on 11 October 2012, the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of Vatican Council II. The cardinals, patriarchs and major archbishops of the Oriental Catholic Churches, the archbishops and bishops concelebrated with the Holy Father. The relics of the apostle Peter were displayed alongside the altar, contained in a bronzeRead More
ARGENTINA, Father José María Iturrería/mda. The Schoenstatt Youth with the support of the Archdiocese of Córdoba organized a Marathon of Solidarity called “Running with Francis” (named for Pope Francis), which will be held on Sunday, November 17th.  The aim is to economically help the project of solidarity that Foundation 180 – an initiative that the Schoenstatt young professionals - has in the Barrio Dr. Cocca de La Calera, Córdoba.Read 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
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
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 receivedRead 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 receivedRead More