Pope Francis

Hope for the future requires remembrance of the past

September 20, 2022

DERMOT ROANTREE :: Christian hope requires remembrance of the past – of the suffering of Christ, and so that of all victims.

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108th World Day of Migrants and Refugees

September 19, 2022

Pope Francis, in a special video message, asks: "How can we make migrants and refugees more involved in our communities?"

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Pope promoting women

September 13, 2022

Gerry Whelan SJ explains how Pope Francis is promoting women to top-level posts in the Vatican.

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Pope Video: Abolition of the death penalty

September 5, 2022

For September 2022, Pope Francis says that "capital punishment offers no justice to victims, but rather encourages revenge".

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Pope Video: Praying for small businesses

August 23, 2022

For August 2022, the Holy Father highlights the "courage, effort and sacrifice" of small and medium-sized entrepreneurs.

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Preparing for the Pope in South Sudan

August 9, 2022

Cardinal Pietro Parolin conveyed the greeting and blessing of Pope Francis during Mass in Juba, South Sudan, attended by JRS Director Noelle Fitzpatrick.

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Pope’s ‘people building processes’

August 8, 2022

"Pope Francis is trying to institutionalise the ideas that he has been talking about for the last nine years." So says Gerry Whelan SJ, in an interview with Pat Coyle.

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Pope Video: For the elderly

July 14, 2022

The Pope invites people to pray that the experience and wisdom of the elderly may help young people to look towards the future with hope.

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A meeting to remember

July 5, 2022

Gerry O'Hanlon SJ attended the all Ireland pre-synod gathering in Clonmacnoise. It was an amazing event.

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Love and the law

June 20, 2022

Richard Leonard SJ gives traditional church teaching on gospel values a modern day make-over in his latest book 'The Law of Love: Modern Language for Ancient Wisdom.'

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