Tag: Pope Francis

A disciple of Jesus Christ will “accept the paradox of the Beatitudes,” meaning that “they declare that those who are poor ... are blessed”

The pope explained that a Jubilee Year is “an event of great spiritual, ecclesial, and social significance in the life of the Church”

Pope Francis recalled a lesson of the COVID-19 pandemic, that illness is “a global and not a merely individual phenomenon”

Priests and bishops are urged to celebrate the Holy Eucharist in hospitals and in parishes during the occasion

This is the message of Pope Francis for the Thirtieth World Day of the Sick observance on February 11, 2022

Pope Francis said the ethical principle of palliative care is valid not only for Christians but for everyone

The pope condemned both the human trafficking of laborers and sex trafficking, which he said relegates women to “dispensers of pleasure”

The activist appealed to Pope Francis to “to reassure us that the Vatican will retain diplomatic relations with Taiwan"

“Please, let us not remain barricaded in the sacristy and cultivate small closed groups where we can snuggle up and be comfortable.”

A Vatican statement there is "a certain mistrust among the laity who doubt that their contribution will really be taken into consideration”