Tag: Pope Francis

“Being the pope is not an easy job. Nobody has studied before doing this,” the pope said

“Why is it dangerous? Because it blurs differences and the value of men and women,” he said

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

“There is no contradiction for a priest to marry. Celibacy in the Western Church is a temporary prescription" said Pope Francis

“Jesus wept over Jerusalem .... We should not pass over these words in haste. These tears of Jesus should be contemplated in silence.”

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

"Every baptized person … whatever his position in the Church or level of education in the faith, is an active subject of evangelization”

“There’s a part of me that’s pro-life,” he said, before using humor to remind the audience that abortion “is killing a baby”

Pope Francis said that we must “see the same beauty on the faces of the people who walk beside us every day”

“In response to cases of abuse, especially those committed by members of the Church, it is not enough to ask for forgiveness,” said the pope