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More on Bergoglio and the Dirty War
Commonweal - Mar 17, 2013 at 2:09 pm With his permission, I’m posting this (extensive) comment by Charles Kenney (Professor of Political Science University of Oklahoma, specializing in Latin America), which appeared...
What Pope Emeritus Benedict Taught Me About Marriage
CatholicMom.com - Mar 17, 2013 at 2:00 pm In his final General Audience on Wednesday, February 27, 2013, Pope Emeritus Benedict gave a poignant and powerful reflection on the Church and His time in the papal office....
9 things you need to know about Pope Francis’s inaugural Mass
Jimmy Akin.org - Mar 17, 2013 at 1:36 pm
Pope Francis is having his "Inaugural Mass"? What happens in this Mass, and why is it important?
On Tuesday, March 19, Pope Francis will participate in his inauguration Mass.
If...
The Curia: reform it or respect it?
OSV Daily Take - Mar 17, 2013 at 1:26 pm By Greg ErlandsonOne of the truisms endlessly discussed and written about in the past month of historic papal events has been the need to reform the Curia of the Vatican. The...
Leonardo Boff: "Pope Francis is much more liberal than what is supposed."
Rorate Coeli - Mar 17, 2013 at 12:51 pm Leonardo Boff is the famous former Franciscan priest who is one of the main names of the ideological movement known as "Liberation Theology." He was the mentor of the closest...
At first Angelus, Pope Francis says God never tires of forgiving
The Catholic Spirit (St. Paul, MN) - Mar 17, 2013 at 12:48 pm
Pope Francis greets people after celebrating Mass at St. Anne’s Parish within the Vatican March 17. The new pope greeted every person leaving the small church and then walked...
Welcoming Pope Francis
CatholicMom.com - Mar 17, 2013 at 12:00 pm By now you have heard the news about our new Pope Francis. It is all I can think about as I sit at my desk so I will add my two cents worth of observations and personal thoughts...
Pope Francis and Liturgical Things....
Making Things Visible - Mar 17, 2013 at 12:00 pm This is good insight from New Liturgical Movement into the state of Papal liturgies. Check it out.
Curia: The Pope’s new style could mean reforms on the horizon
Vatican Insider - Mar 17, 2013 at 11:15 amCuria: The Pope’s new style could mean reforms on the horizon
Vatican Insider - Mar 17, 2013 at 11:15 am"Jorge is against regimes. It is because of fascism that our father emigrated"
Vatican Insider - Mar 17, 2013 at 10:58 amRecent Prisoner Free Exercise Cases
The Religion Clause - Mar 17, 2013 at 10:32 am In Blount v. Phipps, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 31760 (WD VA, March 6, 2013), a Virginia federal district court dismissed complaints by a Muslim inmate that correctional officers...
Spiritual Growth: The Healing Process
CatholicMom.com - Mar 17, 2013 at 10:00 am
Spiritual Growth: The Healing Process
This is a reflection I wrote after viewing “Spiritual Growth in Tough Times” which centers around the healing process.
Sister Joyce Rupp...
At first Angelus Pope Francis says God never tires of forgiving
Catholic Herald - Mar 17, 2013 at 9:20 am Content syndicated from RomeReports.com.
Pope Francis speaks of God’s mercy at first Sunday Angelus
Catholic Herald - Mar 17, 2013 at 8:59 am Pope Francis has made the power of God’s mercy his central message this morning as he celebrated Mass at Santa Anna Church in Vatican City and delivered his first Angelus address...
Pope Francis: "Mercy is the Lord's most powerful message."
Communio - Mar 17, 2013 at 8:45 am
At his first praying of the Angelus and address, the Holy Father told the crowd of 300K this experience.
The Pope "told a story, of an elderly widow he encountered during a Mass...
Liberals will soon turn on Pope Francis
What Does the Prayer Really Say? - Mar 17, 2013 at 8:30 am We are still a bare few days into the pontificate of Pope Francis. I have therefore declined to gush out lots of entries here, burbling my every half-formed notion about what is...
