Pope’s General Audience – June 5, 2024

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Pope Francis

In today's catechesis, I would like to reflect with you on the name by which the Holy Spirit is called in the Bible.

Pope Francis’ Address to Diplomatic Corps: Full Text

Monday, January 8, 2018

Salt + Light Media

Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, Our meeting today is a welcome tradition that allows me, in the enduring joy of the Christmas season, to offer you my personal best wishes for the New Year just begun, and to express my closeness and affection to the peoples you represent. I thank the Dean of the Diplomatic […]

What To Do When Violence Touches Our Hearts….

Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Salt + Light Media

The violent Paris attacks are not a sign of war, they are only proof of cowardly desperation. The criminals choose their victims at random from the streets, from a theatre, from the stadium… in some cases they choose them for their religious beliefs. How it is possible that young men became so disenfranchised from society and […]

Freedom, Forgiveness and the Prodigal Son

Sunday, November 15, 2015

Salt + Light Media

Father Paul Farren, author of the Freedom of Forgiveness: A Fresh Look at the Sacrament of Reconciliation, talks about the beautiful image of God we encounter in the story of the Prodigal Son. This video is part of a new series of reflections on Scripture from America and the American Bible Society.

Freedom and authority: not just a church matter pt. 2

Saturday, March 7, 2015

Sebastian Gomes

Last week I looked at the question of personal freedom vis-à-vis authority in the Church and to what degree public opinion in the Church has been accepted and promoted since Vatican II by Pope John Paul II and now Pope Francis. The question, as I wrote, is a perennial and penetrating one in the Church, […]

Freedom and authority: not just a church matter pt. 1

Friday, February 27, 2015

Sebastian Gomes

A perennial and penetrating question exists within the Catholic Church that goes to the very heart of its institutional being, namely the freedom of individual conscience vis-à-vis authority in the Church. In terms of expressing one’s conscience, the question might be put this way: what are the limits to public opinion within the Church considering […]