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Interview About Pope Francis at The Jesuit Post
The week after Pope Francis was elected the Bishop of Rome, Sam Sawyer, SJ, one of the co-founders of The Jesuit Post interviewed me about the significance of Pope Francis’s name and his having...
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Hans Küng on Pope Francis and Saint Francis
It is exciting to see Hans Küng, the great Catholic theologian and well-known papal cynic (for lack of a better description, seem so enthused by the decisions and actions of Pope Francis so far. In a...
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Universal Pastor: What a Pope Should Be
In a recent article by NCR’s John Allen, Jr., titled “Francis at 100 Days: ‘The World’s Parish Priest,’” the veteran Vatican reporter attempts to offer a summary account and initial analysis of the new...
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Pope Francis’s Refreshing Take on What Makes a Good Bishop
Pastors, not bureaucrats nor political climbers. It was again a welcomed sign that Pope Francis’s view of what it means to be a leader in the church extends beyond his own office as Bishop of Rome...
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We Now Return to Our Regularly Scheduled Program
Many thanks for your patience during this last week. I was out of town visiting friends and doing some research in a university library’s archives for a current book project over the July 4th holiday...
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The First Postcolonial Pope?
It may be too early in the relatively new pontificate of Pope Francis to make such strong claims about the potential signs of postcolonial awareness and sensitivity on the part of the current Bishop of...
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Pope Francis Forms Ground-Breaking New Lay Committee
According to a Reuters wire story, Pope Francis announced last week that he has formed a new committee of lay advisors from around the world that will have broad, unprecedented powers at the church’s...
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The Pope Arrives in Brazil
There is just something astounding about this photograph from the Vatican news service. So many young people, so enthusiastic. Before he landed in Brazil, Pope Francis offered a few extemporaneous...
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Pope Francis: Living the Gospel, Pointing to God
The Gospel is full of instances when Jesus reiterates that his mission is not one of self-serving promotion, but the conformity to the Will of God. The phrase “the one who sent me” illustrates this...
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Pope and Cardinals: Taking Care of Business
Am I the only one who senses the presence of the Holy Spirit in this room? Hopefully this is the beginning of some significant changes to the broken curial system (maybe even a female cardinal at the...
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