From the beginning of his pontificate 10 years ago, Pope Francis set out to reform the structure and attitudes of the Roman Curia and knew he also had to reform the Vatican’s financial system and stewardship of resources.
Pope’s anniversary sees Curia reform complete, financial reform ongoing
Salvation of souls must be focus of canon lawyers’ work, pope says
Canon lawyers and those involved in marriage preparation and family ministry must cooperate for the good of the individuals involved, the pope said.
We must recover those ‘recovering’ Catholics
Henri Nouwen “speaks of the human brokenness of the church, which presents the broken body of Christ to the world. Human promises are broken; God’s promise ‘stands unshaken.'”
Faith involves questioning, risks, adoring Jesus, pope says on Epiphany
Today’s faithful are called, like the Magi from the East, to set out on a journey to discover the Christ child, he said.
Notable quotes from Pope Benedict XVI
Here is a collection of notable quotes from Pope Benedict XVI from homilies, documents, messages and speeches from 2005 to 2013, the years he served as pope.
Archbishop Hebda’s pastoral letter invites parishioners to be evangelizers
The document especially emphasizes the formation of parish Synod Evangelization Teams that in successive years will help establish parish-based small groups, find ways to teach about the Mass while enhancing liturgies and focusing on the Eucharist and assist parents in forming their children in the faith.
English bishop sees decreasing number of Christians as opportunity
The census, taken every 10 years, revealed that in 2021, 27.5 million people — 46.2% of the population of the U.K. population — described themselves as Christian compared to 33.3 million people (59.3%) in 2011.
Bishops encouraged to support African National Eucharistic Congress
The U.S bishops were encouraged to send participants to the African National Eucharistic Congress, slated for July 21-23 in Washington, and to come themselves.