Tag: catechesis
Pope Francis tells faithful: Learn some of the Psalms by heart
Speaking to a crowd of Catholics and tourists, he pointed out specific Psalms that could be helpful to pray in different circumstances
Pope Francis: The seeds of the Gospel take time to bloom
Pope Francis explained that the kingdom of God likewise requires patience, to “wait confidently” as it takes time to grow
Pope Francis: Money, power, pleasure can enslave us
“If we let ourselves be conditioned by the quest for pleasure, power, money, or consensus, we become slaves to these things"
Pope Francis opens new catechetical cycle on Holy Spirt’s role in...
The pope emphasized that St. Paul understands the “cause of the suffering of creation in the corruption and sin of humanity"
Pope Francis: Hope ‘is a gift that comes directly from God’
Christians have hope not through their own merit. If they believe in the future, it is because Christ died, rose again, and gave us his Spirit
Pope Francis: The temperate person is balanced by both principle and...
Pope Francis renewed his appeal for peace in Ukraine and Gaza, imploring that “prisoners of war” and the “tortured” be freed
Pope Francis: Temperance as key to true joy and fulfillment
"The moral virtue that moderates the attraction of pleasures and provides balance in the use of created goods"
Pope Francis: God’s glory does not correspond to human success
In his Angelus address on March 17, the pope asked: How it is possible that God’s glory is manifest in the humiliation of the cross?
Pope Francis: Virtue enables us to have ‘a tendency towards the...
“In a distorted world, we must remember the form in which we were shaped, the image of God that is forever imprinted upon us"
Pope Francis: ‘Of all vices, pride is the great queen’
Pride is “evil,” the Holy Father said, and is of a greater magnitude than vainglory, as it arises from “the absurd claim to be like God.”