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How to encounter Islam, with the whole truth

May 08, 2015

Speaking to the bishops of the west African nation of Benin, Pope Francis encouraged their formation of youth through education, emphasizing particularly the importance of intercultural and interreligious encounter.
Pope firmly backs equal pay for women

May 08, 2015

Pope Francis on April 29 backed efforts for equal pay for men and women who perform the same work, saying that continuing disparities in pay for women are a “pure scandal”.
“True love lies in hard facts, it doesn’t just make our hearts beat a little faster”

May 08, 2015

“True” love was the focus of Pope Francis’ homily at this morning’s mass in St. Martha’s House.
Ahead of Ireland's marriage referendum, Dublin archbishop looks to Pope Francis

May 08, 2015

Both Pope Francis’ clear affirmation of marriage as a union of a man and a woman and his efforts to reach out to those who reject this are vital for Christians in the gay marriage debate, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin said on Wednesday.
Why doesn’t the Left advocate for persecuted Christians?

May 07, 2015

Lucia Annunziata, a journalist who directs and edits the Italian edition of The Huffington Post, has accused the political left in Western nations of remaining silent before ongoing massacres of Christians, which she called the “most horrible of the crimes perpetrated against the weakest.”
Christians should kneel before the poor

May 07, 2015

Pope Francis said on April 28 that poverty is the great teaching Jesus gave us and we can find his face among the poor and the needy.
Pope’s ‘theology of the people’

May 07, 2015

In a previously unpublished 2012 lecture, Pope Francis explains the inner sense of the ‘theology of the people,' emphasizing that popular piety is the antithesis of widespread secularization.
Openness to Spirit ensures Church isn’t ‘museum of memories’

May 07, 2015

The Christian community is not a “museum of memories,” but a living faith community continually called by God to set out in new directions and address new needs, Pope Francis said.
Pope Twitters and the world listens

May 07, 2015

When Pope Francis tweets, the world listens. According to “Twiplomacy,” a study of the Twitter accounts of world leaders and their retweet rates.
Is the fear of failure causing young people to avoid marriage?

May 07, 2015

With the number of children raised in brokenness on the rise, young people view marriage as a path to failure – so Pope Francis says it’s time for Christians to restore faith in the family.