Pope Speaks

Hoard Everything for Themselves

At the weekly General Audience, Pope Francis reflects on the sin of gluttony said: “Food is the manifestation of something inner: the predisposition to balance or immoderation; the ability to give thanks or the arrogant claim to autonomy; the empathy of those who know how to share food with the needy; or the selfish-ness of […]

Free Hostages

Pope Francis has been calling for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza since 29 October. In his traditional Urbi et Orbi message on Christmas Day, the Pope pleaded for “an end to the military operations with their appalling harvest of innocent civilian victims” and called for “an opening to the provision of humanitarian aid” in Gaza. […]

Everyone is in the church

“Who among us has not made a moral mis-take in our lives? Every-one has! Life is like that, but the Lord is always waiting for us because He is merciful.” “The Church is open to eve-ryone but there are laws that regulate life inside the Church,” Pope Francis said. According to these laws, certain people […]

Build a new Civilization of Love

“The sacrifice of those who believed in and defended the founding values of a democracy, those of justice and freedom, becomes a strong call to conscience so that everyone feels co-res-ponsible in building a new civilization of love.” Pope Francis In a letter on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Sicilian Mafia’s bombings […]

He Contemplated With Fervent Faith

“Never having an air of superiority from his knowledge, but al-ways edified by charity,” the Dominican friar whom contem-poraries already called the “Angelic Doctor” was “full of astonishing culture,” the Pope points out in the letter, which bears the date 30th June and signature at Saint John Lateran. “He wrote many works and taught countless […]

Journey Together

“On the journey of ecclesial communion, and in the dialogue with other Churches and Christian communities, something that has always made me think is what Patriarch Athenagoras said, some-what light-heartedly, to Paul VI: let us put the theologians on an island and we will journey to-gether. Christian unity is achieved by walking to-gether. Certainly, theo-logians […]

Spirit of Inclusion and Service

“Take to heart the welcoming of the poor and the little ones, among yourselves and toward the people you serve in your ministry, in a spirit of inclusion and service,” Pope Francis met on May 11 with members of the Italian Conference of Missionary Institutes, “Mission, like communion, is first and foremost a mystery of […]

PM meeting with heads of different churches

QUESTION: Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently had a meeting with the heads of different churches in Kochi, Kerala. How do you feel about it? ANSWER: The Kerala bishops don’t understand the entire context of India. They are thinking in terms of only one state, as if Kerala is India. I am very surprised by this […]

Salesians elect Maltese priest Fabio Attard as Don Bosco’s 11th successor

Pope Francis does not accept Cardinal Koch’s resignation: could continue at least until anniversary of Council of Nicea