Stop blaming, start repenting By Charles Lewis, National Post April 14, 2010, 3:35 PM Earlier this week I met with a group of about a dozen young professionals at Salt and Light Catholic Television Network in Toronto. I was curious to find out their thoughts on the crisis now engulfing their Church, and mine. The first thing that became clear was that no one's faith in the Church had been diminished. All agreed the Church is run by men, that men are capable of sin and that the Church was much larger than the sum of its parts. Some agreed the Pope should do a major mea culpa for the sin of abuse that has occurred in the Church — not because they felt he was in any way responsible, but because as head of the Church he should answer for all of us and be capable of showing humility. The Gospels are big on humility. There was also some agreement that the Church has not done the best job in making its own case. I would say that was an understatement. Continue reading
Pope Francis continued his cycle of catechesis on "Jesus Christ our Hope," as part of the Jubilee 2025. This week he reflected on the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus, writing that the Magi "are men who do not stay still but, like the great chosen ones of biblical history, feel the need to move, to go forth. They are men who are able to look beyond themselves, who know how to look upwards."
In his Wednesday General Audience, Pope Francis continued this cycle of catechesis on "Jesus Christ our Hope," as part of the Jubilee 2025. This week he reflected on the birth of Christ and the visit of the shepherds, saying that "God, who comes into history, does not dismantle the structures of the world, but wants to illuminate them and recreate them from within."
On January 1, 2025, Pope Francis gave the homily at Mass on the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God in St. Peter's Basilica.
Pope Francis gave the traditional Christmas message and blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and to the world) from the central loggia of St. Peter's
Pope Francis gave the homily at Midnight Mass, saying that "Hope is not dead; hope is alive and it embraces our lives forever. Hope does not disappoint!"