May 5, 2015Santa MartaTribulations, trust, and peace. These are the three words around which Pope Francis developed his homily at Tuesday morning’s Mass at the Santa Marta guesthouse in the Vatican. The Pontiff pointed out that the Christian does not have a "sadomasochistic attitude&rdquo

April 30, 2015Santa Marta “History and service.” In his homily on Thursday morning, Pope Francis spoke about these “two traits of Christian identity.”Beginning with “history,” Pope Francis said Saint Paul, Saint Peter, and the other disciples “did not p

April 28, 2015Santa MartaPope Francis said Mass on Tuesday morning in the chapel of the Santa Marta residence in the Vatican. Speaking to the congregation following the readings of the day, the Holy Father focused on the pilgrim journey of the Church through history under the guidance of the Holy Sp

April 24, 2015Santa MartaJesus never forgets the day we encountered Him for the first time; we should ask God for the “grace of memory” so that we can always remember it. That was the Pope’s hope for us in the homily at Mass on Friday morning at the Casa Santa Marta.

April 23, 2015Santa MartaPope Francis today said that “ours is a Church of martyrs.” Speaking during morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta the Pope recalled the many Christians who are currently being persecuted and killed for their faith.Drawing inspiration from the First Reading of the

April 20, 2015Santa MartaMay the witness of the martyrs help us to avoid the temptation of transforming our faith into power. Those were Pope Francis’ words during his homily at the morning Mass in the Casa Santa Marta on Monday, as he reflected on the Gospel story of the crowds who come searc

April 17, 2015Santa MartaHumiliation for its own sake is masochism, but when it is suffered and endured in the name of the Gospel it makes us like Jesus. That was what Pope Francis said in his homily at the Mass at Casa Santa Marta, as he invited Christians to never cultivate sentiments of hatred, b

April 16, 2015Santa MartaPope Francis on Thursday offered the Mass at Casa Santa Marta for his predecessor, the Pope Emeritus, on the occasion of Benedict XVI’s 88th birthday. “I want to remember that today is the birthday of Benedict XVI,” Pope Francis said at the liturgy. “

Vatican Radio: The Church is a place of "openness" where people should say things with frankness.  That’s what Pope Francis said at the morning Mass at Casa Santa Marta in the Vatican on Monday.  The Pontiff added that only the Holy Spirit is able to change our attitude, th

April 12, 2015St. Peter's BasilicaPope Francis celebrated Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday morning - the Octave of Easter and Divine Mercy Sunday, sometimes called Quasimodo Sunday after the first word of the entrance antiphon, which sings of how we are to desire, like newborn babes, t