Pope Francis on Feb 9 began what could be a key week for his reformist papacy starting with meetings with his hand-picked kitchen cabinet of nine senior cardinals who are developing plans to overhaul the Roman Curia the papal civil service that has been plagued with crisis and dysfunction The th
Speaker of the House John Boehner R-OH himself a practicing Catholic announced Thursday that Pope Francis will address a joint meeting of Congress during the pontiff 39 s visit to the United States in September nbsp From the statement on the speaker 39 s website WASHINGTON DC ndash House S
Pope Francis rsquo s daily homilies offer spiritual nuggets He offered one sleeper on January 26 when he said that it is women who transmit the faith The concept has been offered before but sometimes it has seemed to be a mere platitude to appease women who may feel underappreciated in the church