In This Time of Mission

The Tidings – Archbishop José H. Gomez – May 17, 2013 On May 10, Archbishop Gomez received an honorary doctorate of Christian letters from Franciscan University in Steubenville, Ohio. The University cited the Archbishop “for his fidelity to the Catholic Church, for being the voice of Hispanic Catholics in the United States, and for bringing [...]

Pope Says Evangelists Build Bridges, Not Walls

Catholic News Service – By Francis X. Rocca – May 8, 2013 VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Like Jesus, who dined with Pharisees and sinners, and St. Paul, who preached to idol worshippers, true evangelizers build bridges that lead unbelievers into the church, not walls to protect it, Pope Francis said. The pope’s words came in [...]

Pope: Answering God with the Heart Protects Against Ideologies

Catholic News Agency – April 19, 2013 Vatican City, Apr 19, 2013 / (CNA/EWTN News) – Pope Francis spent his homily today reflecting on responding to God’s invitations with the heart and not just the intellect, since this leads to ideologies that falsify the Gospel and weigh down the Church. “The ideologues falsify the gospel. [...]

The Keys and the Sword

The Tidings – Archbishop José H. Gomez – July 6, 2012 Last week I had the blessing to be in Rome for the Solemnity of St. Peter and St. Paul. Every year on this feast, our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI bestows the pallium on new archbishops from around the world. Among the 44 new [...]

God Works In Our Weakness

L’Osservatore Romano – June 13, 2012 Benedict XVI recalls the experience of St Paul and asks us to entrust ourselves to the power of prayer in order to avoid every snare The Pope expresses his closeness to participants in the International Eucharistic Congress in Dublin Union with God does not distance us from the world. [...]

Faith is a “Free Gift of God”

Zenit – By Ann Schneible – May 30, 2012 Pope Benedict Reflects on Confidence in God’s ‘Yes’ to Mankind VATICAN CITY, MAY 30, 2012 (Zenit.org).- “God, on the other hand, never tires of us; He never tires of being patient with us, and with His immense mercy He always goes before us; He goes out [...]

Pope: No Human Cry That God Does Not Hear

Vatican Radio – May 16, 2012 Continuing his catechesis on Christian prayer, this Wednesday Pope Benedict turned to the teaching of the Apostle Paul, whose letters show us that “in reality there is no human cry that is not heard by God” and that “prayer does not exempt us from trial and suffering”, “but allows [...]