Monday, December 21, 2015

Pope Francis' 2015 Pre-Christmas Address to the Curia

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Despite his not feeling well (he acknowledged that he has been suffering from a cold), Pope Francis addressed the staff of his Curia on Mon...
Wednesday, December 9, 2015

A Kairos Moment for Reformation and Celebration

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We cannot know how long we will have Pope Francis with us (I fear for his life) but we can be sure that this moment in Church history is a ...
Tuesday, November 10, 2015

The Bishops' Catacomb Pact on Poverty

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Just a month before the opening of the Second Vatican Council, Pope John XXIII said in a radio address that the Church wants to be “the Chu...
Thursday, November 5, 2015

The Pope's Leadership: Humble and Unafraid

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I’ve been reading Jeffrey A. Krames’ book Lead with Humility , (American Management Association, 2015), subtitled “12 Leadership Lessons Fr...
Saturday, October 17, 2015

Synods Are Usually Messy

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Besides being one, holy, catholic and apostolic, the Church is also messy –it is the fifth, even if unspoken, mark of the Church. Contr...
Friday, October 2, 2015

Pope Francis, Collegiality, Consultation

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One of the major issues to surface at the Second Vatican Council was episcopal collegiality, the concept that the bishops as successors of ...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Pope Francis as Comforting and Afflicting Prophet

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It is commonly held that the cardinal electors who chose Jorge Bergoglio to be the new pope were giving him the mandate to reform the Churc...