“We cannot ignore the evil intentions and actions of drug dealers and traffickers. They are murderers!” Pope Francis said in... Read more
Speaking in St. Peter’s Square during his weekly public audience, the pope gave the second lesson in a series of... Read more
Titled “The Spirit and the Bride: The Holy Spirit Guides God’s People Toward Jesus Our Hope,” the new cycle will... Read more
Pointing to the Sermon on the Mount and repeating twice “love your enemy,” the pope noted that this teaching “embraces... Read more
“Christians have hope not through their own merit. If they believe in the future, it is because Christ died and... Read more
The Holy Father bolstered his analysis by looking to the legacy of St. John Paul II. Read more
“A Christian without courage, who does not turn his own strength to good, who does not bother anyone, is a... Read more
Speaking in St. Peter’s Square on April 3, the pope revealed that the rosary belonged to a boy named Oleksandre,... Read more
The pope buttressed his plea with a catechesis focused on the virtue of justice, noting that it is the building... Read more
The Holy Father called attention to two men present at his general audience in the Paul VI Hall on Wednesday,... Read more
“War is always a defeat. You can’t go on in war. We must make all efforts to negotiate, to negotiate,... Read more
“Those who give in to this vice are far from God, and the correction of this evil requires time and... Read more
The pope did not walk to his chair in the Paul VI Audience Hall on Wednesday as he normally does. Read more
During his Feb. 14 Wednesday general audience, Pope Francis reflected on the human dimension of the vice of acedia, more... Read more
The Holy Father warned that sorrow is “a constant affliction that prevents man from feeling joy at his own existence.” Read more
Pope Francis dedicated his Jan. 31 general audience to the subject of wrath, characterizing it as a vice that is... Read more
In his Wednesday general audience, Pope Francis said the preoccupation with the accumulation of material goods reflects a greater “pathological... Read more
In a continuation of his catechetical series on vice and virtue, Pope Francis on Wednesday dedicated his general audience to... Read more
The pontiff embraced Vinicio Riva while greeting pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square after a general audience in 2013, the year... Read more
In the third installment of his catechetical series on vice and virtue, Pope Francis on Wednesday focused on the sin... Read more