Category: Pope Francis
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Pope Francis & popular pastoral theology
For all the accusations of doctrinal confusion it’s important to remember that Pope Francis’s magisterium was firmly rooted in Vatican II, and more specifically in its distinctly Argentine reception, known as the theology of the People, writes Claudio Ivan Remeseira.
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Laudato Si’ at 10 – Hope or Despair?
Watch the video of the webinar organised by the Diocese of Parramatta Mission Education Team and ACI to mark the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Si’.
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AI must promote not replace labour: Vatican
The Holy See has published a new document, Antiqua et Vetera reflecting on issues arising from the spread of artificial intelligence or AI.
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Enquiry: Don’t be complicit in child labour
We must be aware of how we eat and dress in order to avoid becoming complicit in child labour, Pope Francis stated in his General Audience on 15 January 2025.
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Enquiry: Francis slams ‘scourge of child labour’
Too many children are forced to work and exploited by an economy that does not respect life, Pope Francis said in his General Audience on 8 January 2025.
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Commemorate everyday holiness: Francis
Pope Francis has requested local churches to launch an annual commemoration of people from their communities, including workers, spouses, young people and the pooR.
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Pope appeals for end to foreign debt
In his World Day of Peace Message for the Jubilee Year 2025, Pope Francis called for the cancellation of foreign debts of poor countries, proposed a new international financial framework and appealed for an end to the death penalty.
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Pope calls for renewal of Church history
In a newly published letter, Pope Francis has called for a renewed study of Church history, emphasising collective memory, reconciliation, and a deeper engagement with primary sources to navigate the present with wisdom and faith
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Pope Francis addresses students
Pope Francis met leaders from the International Movement of Catholic Students (IMCS) at the Vatican on 20 September 2024.
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Defend migrant workers: Pope Francis
Visiting Singapore on the last leg of his journey to Asia and the Pacific, Pope Francis emphasised the need to protect the dignity of migrant workers.
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Third World War under way, Pope warns
Addressing the International Catholic Legislators Network on 24 August 2024, Pope Francis has warned that a “third world war” is already under way.
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Movement leaders meet Pope Francis
Leaders of Catholic lay movements, including the see-judge-act-based lay apostolate movements, met with Pope Francis and the Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life at the Vatican on 13 June 2024.
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Accompany young people in ‘ordinary times’: Pope Francis
Addressing participants at the International Congress on Youth Ministry hosted by the Dicastery for Laity Family and Life in Rome from 25 May, Pope Francis called on participants to work above “to continue accompanying youth ministry in ‘ordinary times’.
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Pope remembers Carlos Mugica, martyr of the poor
On 11 May 1974, Argentine priest Carlos Múgica, a former YCS chaplain, known as the “Martyr of the Poor” was shot and killed after evening mass at the San Francisco Solano parish in the Villa Luro district of Buenos Aires.
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Enquiry: The challenge of drought
Fr Filippo Perin, 52, is a missionary in Ethiopia’s Gambella region on the border with South Sudan, Vatican News reports. A beautiful land where, however, there is no water; the people are starving and the climate is unbearable.
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Save our suffering planet: Pope Francis’ appeal
In one of the most powerful and hard-hitting documents of his pontificate, Pope Francis has challenged humanity to address the “indubitable impact of climate change” on “our suffering planet” that he fears will devastate the lives of people around the world, and particularly the poorest.
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The Vatican document on blessings
Pope Francis is known as a pope of surprises, and his decision to approve a document that cracked open the door to blessing same-sex unions and other “irregular” couples is a big one, writes Michael Sean Winters at National Catholic Reporter.
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Path of redemption marked by the poor: Pope Francis
In a message marking the 10th anniversary of his 2013 apostolic exhortation Evangelii Gaudium, Pope Francis re-emphasised the centrality of the poor in the Church’s joyful proclamation of salvation in Christ.
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Theology needs cultural revolution: Pope Francis
What the world and the Church need today is “a fundamentally contextual theology,” writes Pope Francis in a new Motu Proprio entitled Ad theologiam promovendam.
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Video: Laudate Deum
Following on from his 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si’, Pope Francis published a new apostolic exhortation, Laudate Deum, on 3 October 2023.
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The confidence of St Therese
On 15 October 2023, Pope Francis published an Apostolic Exhortation entitled “C’est la confiance” (It’s confidence) in memory of St Therese of Lisieux, patron saint of the YCW and other Specialised Catholic Action movements.
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Webinar: Laudato Deum
Our next ACI webinar on Tuesday 10 October 2023 will focus on Pope Francis’ newly announced apostolic exhortation, Laudato Deum, which is due to be published on 4 October.
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Pope Francis hails US community organisers
When Pope Francis told a group of U.S. community organizers that their work was “atomic,” Jorge Montiel said, “I thought, ‘Oh, you mean we blow things up?'”
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Accompany the marginalised: Pope to Spanish workers
In a message for the 14th General Assembly of the Spanish Christian Workers Movement (HOAC) in Segovia, Pope Francis urged Catholics to accompany people struggling on the margins of the economy.