pope francis

Link: https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/eco-catholic/season-creation-marks-month-eco-contemplation-christians Included in this article is a link to a pdf file containing a lengthy proposal by a Columbian priest to add this as an official liturgical season like Advent or Christmas. I will admit...

Link: https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/francis-asks-christians-add-new-works-mercy-push-climate-change-action

Link: https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/francis-meet-bartholomew-welby-assisi-peace-meeting-month

Link: http://www.americamagazine.org/issue/new-cardinal-rules The title of the article is different from the title of the thread, but I thought the "buried the lead", so to speak. The bigger news to me is that Pope Francis is likely getting ready to hold a consistory before the end of the...

Here is an article about some angry birds who attacked peace doves released by the Pope: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/01/140127-white-peace-doves-attacked-birds-rome-vatican-pope/ Some of these pictures from the article are pretty wild:

Link: https://www.ncronline.org/news/vatican/francis-tells-polish-clergy-gospel-unfinished-we-write-it-our-mercy

Link: https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/francis-chronicles/pope-s-quotes-devil-enters-wallet

Link: https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/just-catholic/next-schism-already-here

http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2016/06/27/papal_press_conference_touches_a_host_of_issues/1240340 During his press conference on the flight back from Armenia, Pope Francis talked about the need for more participation by women in the Church's decision making. This is from the article posted by...

http://en.radiovaticana.va/news/2016/06/21/pope_francis_video_message_to_death_penalty_conference/1238843# Francis told the conference that executing criminals is not "consonant with any just purpose of punishment. It does not render justice to victims, but instead fosters vengeance. The...

I don't have a web link to this, so I attached the PDF file of the document itself for everyone who is interested in it to view. [EDIT: Fantine found this web link for it, if you prefer to read it that way: http://www.cmsm.org/documents/2016_Revolution_of_Tenderness.pdf] The following...

Link: http://ncronline.org/blogs/eco-catholic/encyclical-boost-year-old-laudato-si-has-stirred-action-earth

On July 16, 2016 there is a potentially huge event that will take place in Washington D.C. Evangelical church leaders are calling for 1 million Christians to come together in the nation's capital to worship Jesus. This event has been called Together 2016 and is part of what has become known as...

Link: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/04/pope-francis-church-law-paedophile-priests-catholic-bishops

Link: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36364478

Link: http://thinkprogress.org/health/2016/05/19/3779838/pope-francis-health-care-leeches/

This club is meant to be a refugee for Catholics in full communion with Rome, but who are having huge concerns about pope Francis pontificate. SSPX posters may feel free to post as they like, after all this is a Traditionalist home and they're one of us in many ways. Criticising the pope as...

I was interested to see the Pope, of all people, denouncing Trump as not being a Christian. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/19/world/americas/pope-francis-donald-trump-christian.html?_r=0 I have to wonder at any man who denies the sufficiency of Christ as Savior, by insisting upon the 'work' of...