Category: Pope Francis
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World Day of Social Communications: Communicators of Hope
ANDRENIQUE ROLLE — Pope Francis’ message for the 59th World Day of Social Communications invites us to be “Communicators of Hope.”
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Sister Simona Brambilla Appointed the First Woman Prefect of a Vatican Office
EDITOR — Pope Francis has made an historic appointment by naming Sister Simona Brambilla as the first woman to lead a major Vatican office.
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Cardinal McElroy Appointed Washington’s New Archbishop
EDITOR — Cardinal Robert McElroy is appointed as the new Archbishop of Washington, D.C., succeeding the retiring Cardinal Wilton Gregory.
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The Genesis of a Jubilee Year of Hope
ANDRENIQUE ROLLE — Pope Francis’ 2025 prayer intentions address global and spiritual concerns during the Jubilee Year of Hope. Also in his message for the 58th World Day of Peace he calls for forgiveness freedom and systemic change to promote justice and human well-being.
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Pope Francis Establishes Annual Celebration of Local Saints in Dioceses Worldwide Ahead of 2025 Jubilee
EDITOR — Pope Francis has instituted an annual celebration dedicated to honoring local saints, referred to as the “saints next door,” in dioceses worldwide.
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Pope Francis says “no” to women deacons?
KATHARINE E. HARMON — We assume that because the Pope says “no,” we must take our ideological corners and judge what the Church “is” or “is not.”
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Do This in Memory of Me
NEIL XAVIER O’DONOGHUE — “[T]he way forward for the Church, despite the many new and different challenges it faces, is still to be discovered not around a conference table or in meetings, but in the fruitful celebration of the Eucharist.”
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The Feast of Creation and the Mystery of Creation
LIZETTE LARSON — Like many ecumenical gatherings which truly listen to one another, there was a delight in simply being gathered together and in being pleasantly surprised by the insights of each represented ecclesial community.
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Pope Francis to the Dicastery: “without liturgical reform, there is no reform of the Church”
EDITOR — Pope Francis, in his address, spoke of the connection between liturgical reform and reform of the Church.