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To live generously is difficult when our unhealed hurts and coldness have become habitual. For that reason, Pope Francis urges us to pray for families trapped in resentment and bitterness, where 'sorry', 'thank you' and 'please' are words that gather dust on the shelf. There the cycle must be...
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Peter Damian was a man of his time, a man of the Church, who dedicated his life to shape it after Christ’s pattern....
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The cry for justice comes naturally to all human beings. Children protest that ‘it isn’t fair’. Adults ask their torturers, ‘Why do you hurt me?’ Justice has to do with relationships....
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Finally, Pope Francis focuses on the call to the young person and how it should be seen and received in Church communities. He does not touch on a larger question - often taken for granted - whether priesthood and religious life as we understand them should have as prominent...
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Pope Francis insists on dialogue in the Church and in society but also speaks trenchantly of the urgent need to address the ecological crisis, to case from war, to curb the influence of self-interest in big media, and to welcome refugees....