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In this collection of messages and homilies, Pope Francis shows us that he is the Priests' Pope as well. He understands who a priest is called to be: a man of mercy, a joyful and faithful minister, a shepherd who has the smell of the sheep, with a heart centered in Christ and the sacraments above all. Through these messages, Pope Francis offers wisdom and encouragement to all priests. He knows the demands they face and how tired and discouraged they...
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Rejoice and Be Glad (Gaudete et Exsulatate), Pope Francis' new apostolic exhortation, is both challenging and encouraging. Challenging because it's a call to holiness-and encouraging because no matter who you are, holiness is possible! The Pope invites each of us to a new way of living: seeing the dignity of each human being, experiencing God's presence in our world, and being live out the fullness of what it means to be holy and happy in our mission...
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The Church according to the heart of Pope Francis. In this book, following the spiritual exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola, then-Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio meditates upon the crucial issues at stake in the vocation of a bishop. In so doing, he offers us his vision of the Church, setting forth the outlines of what could well be the reform program of Pope Francis. This book is an invitation that Pope Francis extends to each one of us: 'And if...
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Giving and receiving mercy is central to living a life of passion and is central to living the life God calls us to. We all need mercy at different times in our lives, and we all have an obligation to give mercy to others at different times in our lives. If you think about it, God's mercy is overwhelmingly generous. He calls us to respond with the same spirit of generosity. The perfect companion for the Year of Mercy called for by Pope Francis, Beautiful...
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What on earth are you chasing? We are all chasing something, and always for the same reason: we want something or someone to give us the joy we yearn for at the very depths of our being. All too often we are searching for joy in all the wrong places. Pope Francis calls this the feverish pursuit of the frivolous. What brings you joy? We live busy lives and in the midst of all the chasing it is essential that we slow down from time to time, and not...
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When the new pope stepped out onto the balcony on March 13, 2013, nobody could have imagined how this man in simple white vestments would capture the world's attention. Before he proclaimed the traditional blessing on those gathered in St. Peter's Square, he bowed his head and asked the people to pray for him.
This single gesture told the world that this Pope would not just be proclaiming the teachings of Jesus and his church. Here was a man eager...
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In his second encyclical, Praise Be to You, Pope Francis addresses "every person living on this planet," inviting us to dialogue together about the urgent environmental challenges facing the earth-our common home-and how we can work together protect its fragile resources. He challenges us to think of ecology not merely in terms of the environment, but in light of our fundamental relationships: with God, with ourselves, with others, and with the rest...
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Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhoration Rejoice and be Glad-Gaudete et Exsultate calls us to holiness in the modern world, a topic that has been at the heart of the pontificate of Francis since the beginning.
At its outset, Francis makes clear that this magisterial text does not seek "to be a treatise on holiness" but to "re-propose the call to holiness in a practical way for our own time, with all its risks, challenges and opportunities". The pontiff...
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During his historic visit to the United States in October 2015, Pope Francis encouraged the nation's bishops to avoid harsh and divisive language, reminding instead that "only the enduring allure of goodness and love remains truly convincing." These words provide as fine a summary of the Holy Father's visit (and of Jorge Bergoglio's papal ministry) as will be found anywhere. In Washington, New York, and Philadelphia, Pope Francis touched the hearts...
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Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhoration " Gaudete et Exsultate" (Rejoice and be glad) involves the call to re-propose the call to holiness in a practical way for our own time. As he has explained in this way, "Seeing and acting with mercy: That is holiness."
Throughout the document, Francis urges followers not to withdraw from the world but to engage with it, and to be less consumed with showy demonstrations of faith and piousness than with patiently...
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Laudate Deum: the Pope's cry for a response to the climate crisis. In continuity with his 2015 encyclical Laudato Si, the Pope Francis went further to clarify and bring to completion his previous text on integral ecology, while at the same time sounding an alarm that our power and the progress we are producing are turning against us, and calls for co-responsibility, in the face of the climate emergency.
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Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhoration "Christus Vivit-Christ is Alive" comes to formally conclude the work of the Synod of Bishops on Youth, held at the Vatican in October 2018.
Francis addresses young Christians, to encourage them to make the most of life, drawing inspiration from Jesus.
For Francis the strength of youth is an essential engine in the life of the Church. Young people are the most attentive to the signs of the times. God especially manifests...
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Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhoratation on the family, draws together almost three years of consultations with Catholics in countries around the world. The lengthy document, entitled 'Amoris Laetitia', or The Joy of Love, affirms the Church's teaching that stable families are the building blocks of a healthy society and a place where children learn to love, respect and interact with others. At the same time the text warns against idealizing the many...
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Pope Francis' reflection on the beauty of married love presented in two chapters: • Our everyday love: a remarkable commentary on Saint Paul's hymn of charity (1 Cor 13:4-7). • Growing in conjugal charity: a profound and concrete reflection on the growth of love within marriage, as experienced every day and throughout life. The pope's magnificent text is divided into 27 small sections, each containing: • A general introductory question • The...
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Pope Francis is a first in many ways: the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit, the first Francis, the first child of immigrants from the Old World, nurtured and transformed by the New World, and returned to lead the whole world. His eloquent homilies and speeches have inspired the faithful of Argentina for decades, largely through his gift of oratory, tracing back to his time as a bishop, archbishop, and cardinal in his home country. Published...
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Maybe you come from a happy family, a healthy family. Or maybe yours is a flawed family, a struggling family, a broken family. Maybe you're scared to get married and have a family. No matter who you are, you are part of a family, and Pope Francis wrote this love letter to you. He addresses all the myriad realities of families today with compassion, hope, and encouragement. Pope Francis sees marriage as a dynamic path to personal development and fulfillment....
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Praedicate Evangelium (Preach the Gospel) is one of the most important legislative acts that Pope Francis has promulgated since his election in 2013. In addition to the full text of this new constitution, this book features world-renowned theologian Massimo Faggioli's explanation of the significance and limitations of this document. Bringing his unique insight as an Italian church historian, Faggioli explains how the constitution tries to apply, in...
18) In Your Eyes I See My Words, Volume 2: Homilies and Speeches from Buenos Aires, Volume 2: 2005–2008
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In Your Eyes I See My Words, Volume 2 contains Pope Francis's homilies and speeches spanning from 2005 to 2008. Continuing what began in the first volume of this three-volume publication, Volume 2 shows Archbishop Bergoglio's growth as a pastor and a theologian/scholar in the midst of his people. At the same time, it shows him emerging as an international voice calling for changes in the way the Church carries out its ministry and its educational...
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Post-Syndoal Apostolic Exhortation " Christus vivit" (Christ is alive), inspired largely by the thoughts of the Synod on the youth held in 2018, Pope Francis gives the young people of the world a proposal for a journey of faith and hope.
In a great development that goes through the Bible and the history of the Church, the Pope, shows the companionship that unites God and the young people of all times, and at every moment. It evokes the grace of youth...
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In his new encyclical "FRATELLI TUTTI", Pope Francis calls for a more fraternal society that does not just continue as before after the Corona crisis.
What are the great ideals and the concretely practicable ways for those who want to build a more just and fraternal world in daily relationships, in society, in politics, in institutions? This is the question that "Fratelli tutti" intends to answer: the Pope defines it as a "social encyclical" which...
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