Tag: Catholic Church

Pope Francis said the words of Jesus, “give me a drink,” also teach us about our obligation to help others in need

Now more than ever, the first Latin American pope faces strong opposition from the conservative wing of the Catholic Church

The members of Pope Francis’ Council of Cardinals are tasked with assisting the pope “in the governance of the universal Church”

“It is time for pastors and laypeople to walk together, in every area of the Church’s life, in every part of the world"

Pope Francis asks parishes to truly be communities: places of listening and welcome whose doors are always open to all, no one excluded

Many in the hard-hearted rich industrial countries refuse to admit and accept their responsibility and liability

The Church must not fail, to embrace human suffering as its own, as Jesus did, assuming humanity as integral in his incarnation

There is an urgent need to fund and expand Philippine expert law enforcement action groups to investigate child abusers

“If we did not have that point of reform that was the Second Vatican Council, the Church today would be a small sect, unknown to most people”

In his homily, the pope decried a “cancer of spiritual worldliness”