Tag Archive for ‘Pope Francis’
Feast of the Chair of St Peter – 22 February
Behind the main altar in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome there is a remarkable bronze sculpture with a stained glass window above it. The sculpture is of the Chair of St. Peter, pictured on the front cover. The centre-piece is a throne, designed by Bernini, symbolising the ‘seat’ of the Pope’s authority. Within this gilt-bronze […]
Wednesday 28 December
the Holy Innocents 1 John 1:5-2:2; Psalm 124; Matthew 2:13-18 Trust After the Magi had left, the angel appeared to Joseph in a dream, and said, ‘Get up and take the child and his mother with you into Egypt.’ Pope Francis has a great love for St Joseph because Joseph is a man of silence […]
Wednesday 14 December
St John of the Cross Isaiah 45:6-8, 18, 21-26; Psalm 85; Luke 7:19-23 Our common home ‘Yes, thus says the Lord, creator of the heavens, who is God, who formed the earth and made it…’ Pope Francis has added a new Work of Mercy which is ‘Care of our Common Home.’ He says, ‘Care of […]
Friday 5 August
Nahum 2:1, 3, 3:1-3, 6-7; Canticle of Deuteronomy 32:35-41; Matthew 16:24-28 Mother of the Church It is apparently Pope Francis’ custom when leaving Rome to travel, to make a devotional visit to Mary’s Chapel in the Church of St Mary Major (on the Esquiline Hill, and the first Church to be dedicated to Mary’s honour). […]
August
Bishop Owen Dolan, Emeritus Coadjutor Bishop of Palmerston North, is pictured with Pope Francis, pointing out to him the presence of the St Vincent de Paul group at the General Audience. The photo shows the Pope acknowledging the group with a wave. Bishop Dolan was at the International Assembly of the Society of St Vincent […]
To Teenagers
An edited version of the Pope’s homily at the Jubilee Mass for Teens in Rome on 24 April 2016 : ‘By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another’ (Jn 13:35). Love is the Christian’s identity card, the only valid ‘document’ identifying us as Christians. If this […]
Monday 30 May
Ninth Week in Ordinary Time 2 Peter 1:2-7, Ps 91, Mark 12:1-12 The corrupt Pope Francis gave a homily on this parable. He identified three sorts of people in Mark’s gospel. The sinners we can identify in all of us. They were like spectators who weren’t directly involved but didn’t prevent the murders either. The […]
St Joseph and Pope Francis
Except for John Paul I every pope since Blessed Pius IX has spoken about St Joseph. Pope Francis has done so more than once. The Holy Father first shared some thoughts about our saint in the homily at his Mass of inauguration on 19 July 2013. The pope spoke about the saint’s mission as protector […]
The Pope on Blessed Oscar Romero
Vatican City, 30 October 2015 (VIS) – This morning five hundred pilgrims from El Salvador, who are in Rome to give thanks for the beatification of the bishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero, met with the Holy Father in the Paul VI Hall. The Pope defined the Salvadoran bishop martyr as a “good pastor, full of love […]
Christian Humanism
Christian Humanism Recently Pope Francis spoke to a Congress of Italian Bishops. Among many things he said were some comments on the theme of humanism. In other words, what makes a good person. He did not want to get in to abstract language but he wanted in his words “to present with simplicity some features […]
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