Deacon-structing Encyclicals

Monday, October 19, 2020

Deacon Pedro

With the recent release of Pope Francis' new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, Deacon Pedro gives us a refresher course on encyclicals and other types of papal documents.

Why Querida Amazonia is a document for everyone

Thursday, February 20, 2020

Kristina Glicksman

Pope Francis' new apostolic exhortation, Querida Amazonia, is addressed to the whole world. So what's in it for me? Read this blog to find out.

My top 10 favourite quotes from the new Apostolic Exhortation “Christ Lives”

Thursday, April 4, 2019

Allyson Kenny

Do you have a favourite quote from Pope Francis' new exhortation? Allyson Kenny shares ten quotes that touched her heart the most.

S+L'S Top 10 Favorite Quotes from Gaudete et Exsultate

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Salt + Light Media

Read S+L'S Top 10 Favorite Quotes from Pope Francis' New document Gaudete et Exsultate: On the Call to Holiness in Today’s World.

Understanding Gaudete et Exsultate

Monday, April 9, 2018

Allyson Kenny

Today, Pope Francis released a new papal document - Gaudete et Exsultate: On the Call to Holiness in Today’s World. The Latin title, Rejoice and Be Glad, comes from Matthew 5:12, part of the Sermon on the Mount - Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven. The Sermon on the Mount figures heavily into the document, providing a sort of 'roadmap' to holiness. Here are a few points to keep in mind as you read through the document:

Pope Francis' Newest Apostolic Exhortation: Gaudete et exsultate: On the call to holiness in today’s world.

Monday, April 9, 2018

Salt + Light Media

Read full text of Pope Francis' Newest Apostolic Exhortation: Gaudete et exsultate: On the call to holiness in today’s world.

5 Things Millennials Should Know About the Pope’s Synod on the Family

Thursday, November 5, 2015

Vivian Cabrera

What a time to be alive! Pope Francis has just concluded an intense three-week meeting with his brother bishops and cardinals and the whole world is abuzz! Officially, it was called the 14th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the Vocation and Mission of the Family in the Church and the Contemporary […]

The church’s eyes on Africa

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Carlos Ferreira

It is difficult to believe there are countries in the world where suffering is an every day reality. The pope delivered the post-synodal exhortation “Africae Munus” about the Catholic Church in Africa last November, focusing on the need for change. Today the news coming out of Africa is mainly about the starvation in the Horn […]

Four part series reflecting on the Apostolic Exhortation Verbum Domini begins tonight on Salt + Light

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Matthew Harrison

Pope Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Exhortation Verbum Domini has been called the most important document on the Bible in 45 years. The Exhortation is the result of the October 2008 General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in Rome, which was dedicated to “The Word of God in the Life and the Mission of the Church.” […]