National Catholic Register11d
Pope Francis Shares With Seminarians That His Mom Did Not Want Him to Enter Seminary
The Pope recounts how his mother initially opposed his vocation but later sought his blessing at his ordination ...
Catholic News Agency11d
Pope Francis shares with seminarians that his mom did not want him to enter seminary
On that day in 1969, just before his 33rd birthday, Jesuit Jorge Mario Bergoglio was ordained a priest by Archbishop Emeritus of Córdoba, Argentina, Ramón José Castellano. According to the ...
MercoPress2d
Pope halts homily amid shortness of breath
Argentine-born Pope Francis was forced Sunday to interrupt his homily in St. Peter's Square during the Armed Forces Jubilee ...
National Catholic Reporter4d
Pope Francis reveals some secrets — and keeps many others — in new memoir
In his newly released memoir, Hope, the story of the world that made Jorge Mario Bergoglio — and, by extension, the world ...
MercoPress7d
Argentine Catholic Church says human rights are violated by extreme poverty
Primate Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio blasted the Argentine government saying “the social debt violates all the rights of the citizens to develop a full and active life.” Argentina's leading bishop ...
Burnaby Now29d
Pope Francis is introspective and self-critical in his autobiography, at least about his youth
FILE - Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio giving a mass outside the San Cayetano church in Buenos Aires, Aug. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File) ROME (AP) — An introspective Pope Francis ...
BusinessMirror24d
Pope Francis introspective, self-critical in autobiography
POPE Francis as then Argentina’s Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio giving a Mass outside the San Cayetano Church in Buenos Aires, on August 7, 2009. ROME—An introspective, Pope Francishas divulged some ...
Times Colonist28d
Pope Francis is introspective and self-critical in his autobiography, at least about his youth
FILE - Argentina's Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio giving a mass outside the San Cayetano church in Buenos Aires, Aug. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File) ROME (AP) — An introspective Pope ...