'Selma' prompts painful memories for Sister who marched
Sr Barbara Moore experienced Selma first-hand a half century ago, so when she sat down to watch ...
View ArticleGreat expectations: Francis' ecological encyclical?
The Pope's upcoming encyclical on the environment is anticipated with excitement by climate ...
View ArticleCall for an end to the Schism
Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, leaders of the millennium-long separated Roman ...
View ArticleA prayer encounter for peace in Israel-Palestine
In May, 2014, Francis went on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. He prayed at the Israeli security ...
View ArticleEvangelii Gaudium: A challenging manifesto
In November, 2013, Francis issued his first Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium, The ...
View ArticleThe Pope's embrace
When Francis reached out into the St Peter's Square crowd to embrace Vinicio Riva, who has ...
View ArticleSearch for a new balance: Interview with a Jesuit Pope
"We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and contraception," Francis ...
View ArticlePlane talk: 'Who am I to judge?'
Pope Francis surprised many and set the tone for his Papacy with the first of his press ...
View ArticleBack to the ends of the earth: The Pope goes to Rio
Three million people attended the Pope's final Mass for World Youth Day 2013, on Copacabana ...
View ArticleThe new Pontiff reaches out across oceans of indifference
In July, 2013, Pope Francis made his first Papal trip out of Rome, choosing Lampedusa, the ...
View ArticleThe day the Pope went to prison
On Maundy Thursday, 2013, Pope Francis continued the Papal tradition of humbling himself by ...
View ArticleThe world's parish priest makes his mark
Francis burst on to the stage in March, 2013. With an easy charm, and an agenda focussed on the ...
View ArticleMaradiaga on Curia reform progress
In December, 2014, Vatican Insider published this interview with Cardinal Oscar Andrés ...
View ArticleThe 'Francis Effect' ripples through the Curia
CNA's Vatican observer Andrea Gagliarducci wrote in October, 2014 that the latest round of ...
View ArticleFacing the sex abuse shame
In March, 2014, the Pontiff appointed a victim of sexual abuse and a senior cardinal known for ...
View ArticlePope picks Australian to fix finances
In early 2014, Francis launched a major restructuring of the Vatican City State's financial ...
View ArticleDrafting a new Apostolic Constitution
In September, 2014, the so-called C9 group of advisors held its sixth meeting with Pope Francis ...
View ArticleBroadening the pool: Francis' pick of cardinals
When Pope Francis made his first selection of cardinals, the choice of men from Africa, ...
View ArticlePope's Christmas call for professionalism, holiness
In December, 2013, the Pope exchanged Christmas greetings with the Roman Curia. In his first ...
View ArticleThe Pope's advisory council
In September, 2013, Francis made his international advisory panel on Church governance ...
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