Throughout these three years of his Pontificate, Francis has shown that he does not address problems through laws, but by “initiating processes” involving many people.Instead of cutting straight to the chase, he faces the long-term crisis with symbolic gestures. As a result, he has launched an irreversible cultural change.Of the hundreds of gestures and words … Continue reading
Jesus, the Desert,Temptation – Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
At the heart of all temptations … is the act of pushing God aside because we perceive him as secondary, if not actually superfluous and annoying, in comparison with all the apparently far more urgent matters that fill our lives. Constructing a world by our own lights, without reference to God, building on our own … Continue reading
At the Heart of All Temptation
At the heart of all temptations … is the act of pushing God aside because we perceive him as secondary, if not actually superfluous and annoying, in comparison with all the apparently far more urgent matters that fill our lives. Constructing a world by our own lights, without reference to God, building on our own … Continue reading
Feeding the Hungry
“History cannot be detached from God and then run smoothly on purely material lines.” Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, now Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
