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-62 posts tagged "Pope Francis"
Lucy Lynch | Friday, March 23, 2018
This weekend marks the annual Romero Days conference at Notre Dame, honoring the legacy of the Blessed Archbishop Oscar Romero. On March 7, Pope Francis formally authorized the beginning of the canonization process for Romero, as well as Pope Paul VI. The Romero Days conference was started by Fr. Robert R. Pelton of the Kellogg
Selena Ponio | Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Twelve Notre Dame students and recent alumni and five faculty members travelled to the Vatican to meet the pope and attend a conference on a topic that continues to dominate headlines: nuclear weapons. “This was probably the most public and high-level event on this issue since the end of the Cold War,” Gerard Powers, director
Charlotte Edmonds | Monday, December 4, 2017
Grotto Network, Notre Dame’s new media platform encouraging millennials to reinvigorate their faith lives and gain inspiration from others’ stories, launched on Nov. 26. Social media manager and 2014 alumna Emily Mae Mentock said the network’s home base is grottonetwork.com, but the operation also relies heavily on social media to deliver its message and attract
Letter to the Editor | Tuesday, November 14, 2017
In his column from Nov. 10, Gary Caruso expresses a warped understanding of the Catholic Church’s teachings about human dignity and the contraception issue. Mr. Caruso’s subjective version of Catholicism is far removed from the objective teachings of the Church. According to Caruso, “The Catholic hierarchy has a long history of systemic rigidity that excludes
Gary Caruso | Friday, November 10, 2017
It has often been said that incoming freshman faces look like those who have just graduated, illustrating the constancy of the Notre Dame community — only the student names change. Striving for diversity within its Catholic identity, each year the University embraces efforts to meld legacy children with other ethnicities and races from various religious
Maeve Filbin | Friday, November 3, 2017
The final installment of a three-part lecture series, “The Francis Effort: His Impact on The Church and The World,” was delivered Thursday by Susan Wood, chair of the department of theology at Marquette University. Her talk addressed five recurring themes throughout the pope’s writings, as well as the ecumenical gestures he has made over the years.
Tom Naatz | Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Traveling to the corners of the world, Pope Francis has exemplified a “diplomacy of mercy,” Fr. Antonio Spadaro, the editor-in-chief of the Jesuit journal “La Civilta Cattolica,” said. “For Pope Francis, mercy isn’t an abstract construct,” Spadaro said. “It is the action of God in the world.” Spadaro delivered the Terrence R. Keeley Vatican Lecture on Tuesday at
Letter to the Editor | Friday, September 22, 2017
“When we go into the street, every man thinks of himself: He sees, but does not look; he hears, but does not listen. … People pass each other, but they do not encounter each other.” Perhaps this accusation is harsh. But perhaps it is also true. It comes from a morning meditation of Pope Francis
Raymond Ramirez | Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Pope Francis has said the Catholic Church may consider ordaining married men who could potentially then work in remote areas faced with a shortage of priests. The time is in the near future, and we now look in on Fr. and Mrs. Andrew Holliman, sitting down for breakfast in their modest ranch-style house, in a
Gary Caruso | Friday, April 7, 2017
Too often will conservative Catholics — or fundamental Baptists, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Muslims, Orthodox Jews or those dogmatically believing faithful of fill-in-the-blank-here organized religion — stubbornly cling to centuries-old traditions formulated during ancient times without a refresh as characteristic of the Pope John XXIII era or now under Pope Francis. Just as Christians believe that Jesus