Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Speaking at a General Audience yesterday, Pope Francis highlighted the role of women in the Church, citing their long history of "opening the doors to the Lord" and communicating His message to the world.
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A Rhode Island couple was rendered speechless when, in a crowd of nearly half a million who were gathered in St. Peter's Square on Easter Sunday, Pope Francis singled out their disabled son to hug, kiss and tell the world, "change hatred into love."
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The Vatican has released the full text of Pope Francis' Urbi et Orbi blessing for Easter which calls upon the world to "change hatred into love, vengeance into forgiveness, war into peace."
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Pope Francis touched the hearts of the world yesterday as he washed and kissed the feet of 12 young people in a juvenile detention center in Rome, telling them he was doing so because his heart compelled him.
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At least for the time being, Pope Francis has decided not to move into the palatial Vatican apartment reserved for the Holy Father and will continue to live in the Vatican guesthouse where he has been staying since the beginning of the conclave that elected him earlier this month.
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In his first address to world diplomats, Pope Francis said the way to build world peace is not just through works of charity, but by forsaking the "tyranny of relativism" an embracing the truth.
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Pope Francis' humility is once again making headlines as he continues to live in a modest apartment in the Domus Sanctae Marthae rather than the opulent papal apartment on the top floor of the Apostolic Palace.
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An overwhelming majority of U.S. Catholics say the election of Pope Francis makes them more optimistic about the Church.
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Even though he was just elected a week ago, Pope Francis' Twitter account has already acquired two million followers - and that's just for the English version!
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Thousands of Argentines were camping out in the main square in Buenos Aires yesterday to watch the inauguration of their former Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francis when the crowd received a very unexpected phone call from the Vatican.
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