Among the many challenges confronting Pope Francis as he assumed the papacy was the issue of the Vatican Bank Francis could have taken the decisive step of closing the Institutes for the Works of Religion as the bank is officially known but instead he mandated operational reforms By replacing

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James Kubicki S J nbsp is a Milwaukee-based priest who has served as national director of the Apostleship of Prayer since 2003 He holds an M A from Saint Louis University as well as an M Div and a Theology Masters from the Weston Jesuit School of Theology He is the author of A Heart on Fire R

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These abortions are no longer purely about reproductive choice but a means to a grislier end

ldquo It rsquo s an error of mine rdquo said Pope Francis yesterday en route from his visit to South America back to the Vatican The Pope rsquo s in-flight media conferences have become a genre in themselves a vivid example of the ldquo New Evangelization rdquo and journalists have learned