I still am amazed thinking we have living former pope! Unique times. They seem to have a genuine and brotherly affection for each other. The joy on their faces and those in the household speak volumes to me.
Pope's Urbi et Orbi Blessing: A Call for Peace http://www.romereports.com/pg155231-pope-s-urbi-et-orbi-blessing-a-call-for-peace-en
Christmas Midnight Mass: Jesus is the light who brightens the darkness http://www.news.va/en/news/christmas-midnight-mass-jesus-is-the-light-who-bri
Summary of 2013. March: A Pope from the ends of the world http://www.romereports.com/pg155218-summary-of-2013-march-a-pope-from-the-ends-of-the-world-en
Pope Francis: Angelus appeal on behalf of persecuted Christians http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-francis-angelus-appeal-on-behalf-of-persecute
This is a link someone posted on Facebook and is obviously FALSE!! Unbelievable that this stuff is being spread around!!http://www.kenya-today.com/news/pope-francis-says-hell-christians-falsely-think
Benedict XVI makes a short trip to have lunch with Pope Francis http://www.romereports.com/pg155249...hort-trip-to-have-lunch-with-pope-francis--en
The story behind the Vatican's Nativity Scene http://www.romereports.com/pg155257-the-story-behind-the-vatican-s-nativity-scene-en
Roman parishioners to attend Pope's daily Mass http://www.news.va/en/news/roman-parishioners-to-attend-popes-daily-mass
Pope sends message to Taizé encounter http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-sends-message-to-taize-encounter
Pope Francis: refugees and the elderly are the outcasts of society http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-francis-refugees-and-the-elderly-are-the-outc
Pope Francis' prayer to the Holy Family http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-francis-prayer-to-the-holy-family
The Best Dressed Man of 2013: Pope Francis http://www.esquire.com/blogs/mens-fashion/pope-francis-style-2013?src=soc_twtr Now that's surprising !
Pope sends condolences on anniversary of disco fire that killed 194 in Buenos Aires http://www.romereports.com/pg155279...disco-fire-that-killed-194-in-buenos-aires-en
2013: looking back at the "Pope Francis effect" http://www.news.va/en/news/2013-looking-back-at-the-pope-francis-effect
I think Rocco Palermo ( http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com ) sums up our year well and gives sound advice for the year ahead. Tu es Petrus. In 2013, The Pope resigned. And weeks later, the 266th Bishop of Rome would be called to The Chair from beyond Europe – or, as he put it, "from the end of the world." The last time any generation saw either moment, the Americas had yet to exist on the map, the Earth was predominantly judged to be flat, and only the rival families constantly warring for temporal dominance on the Italian peninsula (playing the church as their ever-coveted pawn) had the ability or desire to know the provenance of the pontiff. For all the rest, however, one thing alone mattered: "He is Peter." And the more things change, clearly, the more they stay the same. In two millennia of the Christian story, not since the Resurrection and Ascension have two moments like these at the very core of it all collided at once. Ergo, Church, before we go any further, let us appreciate and reflect on this surreal moment which we've somehow been given the grace to witness and be part of, and let us pray that we might have the stuff to live up to it going forward. At the Gate of a New Year – and, to be sure, all the unpredictable moments 2014 will again bring – our traditional hymn of thanksgiving would normally be the Te Deum. This having been anything but an ordinary cycle, though, we'd seemingly be wiser to focus anew on thegift of the Rock given us at the beginning: the Foundation saddled upon a "lowly, and yet chosen" man – just the latest thrust into the Shoes of the Fisherman to guide our shared path ahead.... <iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/62138129" width="500" height="280" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe> ...sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.
Pope at January 1 Mass: Mary, Mother of God, Mother for all http://www.news.va/en/news/pope-at-january-1-mass-mary-mother-of-god-mother-f
