Western wall in JerusalemA day before the pope's plane lands in Amman, Jordan, a flurry of last-minute activity - and squabbling - is sweeping across the Holy Land in anticipation of his arrival.
Pope Francis is making it clear that his trip to the Holy Land this weekend is aimed at praying for peace in the region, not politics!
Jaquelina Lisbona and her civil law husband, Julio SabettoOnce again the faithful are enduring a media-inspired kerfuffle over an alleged statement made by Pope Francis during a personal phone call to a divorcee who remarried outside the Church that she can take Communion; however, the Vatican calls these reports "unreliable" and the woman's pastor says the whole episode is "impossible."
Pope Francis delivered his second Urbi et Orbi message for Easter and called upon Christians to spread the good news that in Jesus "love has triumphed over hatred, mercy over sinfulness, goodness over evil, truth over falsehood, life over death."
While addressing a delegation from the International Catholic Office of Children (BICE) last Friday, Pope Francis stressed that children have a right to grow up with a mother and a father.
In a homily giving at morning Mass last Friday, Pope Francis warned the faithful that whoever wants to be a follower of Jesus must be aware that the devil exists and must be resisted.
At a time when the rights of faithful Americans are being repeatedly attacked by special interest groups, Pope Francis issued a timely warning about "a dictatorship of a narrow line of thought" that kills "people’s freedom, their freedom of conscience."
While reflecting on the encounter between Jesus and the man who had been crippled for 38 years, Pope Francis warned the faithful that just going to Mass on Sunday and making sure we have all the right "certificates" is not enough!
Pope Francis met with President Barack Obama in the Vatican for nearly an hour this afternoon for a discussion that remains largely private.
As we approach the mid-way point in the Lenten season, Pope Francis is calling the faithful to use this time to “adjust your life” and to be careful not to become like hypocrites who act holy on the outside and "disguise themselves as good people."
