Here inside the Beltway as we plan for Pope Francis’s visit to us, it can be easy to forget that the original impetus for his travel to the United States was the World Meeting of Families, hosted by the beautifully named [...]
Last year’s theme for the World Day of Peace was “no longer slaves, but brothers and sisters.” As a result, we saw the Pope continually return to themes of freeing human beings from every form of enslavement and [...]
Pope Francis is making the life and teachings of Jesus Christ central to his papacy. He is drawing from his Jesuit formation to fearlessly promote the gospel teachings and a vision of a church that is poor and for the [...]
The Washington Post reported in a blog by staff writer Nick Anderson that September’s visit of Pope Francis will be the third papal visit to the school in less than 40 years. See below. For the Catholic faithful, a [...]
One of the most moving encounters that Pope Francis had this year was his meeting with the survivors of typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban, Philippines. His outdoor Mass last January which also happened on a stormy day was [...]
