Articles by Ann Schneible
Pope Francis to consecrated men, women: Leave your nests!
Nov 29, 2014 / 13:19 pmReligious men and women are called to leave their “nest” and bring the Gospel to the peripheries, said Pope Francis in a video message marking the vigil of the Year for Consecrated Life.
Unity becomes 'uniformity' without the Holy Spirit, Pope warns
Nov 29, 2014 / 08:32 amDuring the only public Mass of his three-day apostolic journey to Turkey, Pope Francis warned that unity without the Holy Spirit stays limited within human plans and falls into mere uniformity.
For Pope Francis, human dignity at core of religious dialogue
Nov 28, 2014 / 09:18 amDialogue between religious leaders and the “shared recognition of the sanctity of each human life” in bringing aid to the suffering were at the core of Pope Francis' Nov. 28 address to Turkey's Department for Religious Affairs, delivered on the first day of his three-day Apostolic Journey to Turkey.
Pope greets Indian community at Mass for newest saints
Nov 24, 2014 / 12:05 pmGod's love is the “source” and “destination” of all holiness, said Pope Francis on Nov. 24, speaking of India's newly declared saints ahead of a Mass of thanksgiving in the Vatican.
Pope Francis tells how to bring about Christ's kingdom
Nov 23, 2014 / 09:48 amOn the Feast of Christ the King, during the canonization Mass of six new saints, Pope Francis said that Jesus Christ’s kingdom comes through his works of mercy--works that Christians must imitate with tenderness.
Autism not a cause to lose hope, Vatican conference encourages
Nov 22, 2014 / 16:50 pmAn international conference held this week at the Vatican is looking to bring “a message of hope and joy” to persons with autism and their families.
Sex complementarity is the 'human experience', not a political agenda
Nov 20, 2014 / 00:08 amOne of the lessons learned from this week's Vatican conference on marriage, say organizers, is that the beauty of man and woman's complementarity is not political, but is rather the human experience.
Pope Francis: Children have right to a mother and father
Nov 17, 2014 / 16:00 pmChildren have the right to be raised by a mother and a father, Pope Francis said, emphasizing that “the family is the foundation of co-existence and a remedy against social fragmentation.”
A new love language: Post synod conference seeks ways to communicate truth of marriage
Nov 15, 2014 / 06:17 amOne month after the intensely media-centric Synod on the Family, experts are gathering once again in the Vatican to explore man and woman's complementarity, using “new and creative language to speak to people where they are.”
Example – not words – transmits faith to youth, Pope Francis says
Nov 14, 2014 / 14:13 pmAddressing the children who filled the chapel at the Santa Marta residence on Nov. 14, Pope Francis said that – in an age dominated by images and cellphones – the faithful must rely on example, rather than words, to transmit the faith to young ones.
Pope: Unforgiving Christians cause scandal, damage faith
Nov 10, 2014 / 11:09 amA Christian who causes scandal destroys the faith and a Christian who does not forgive causes scandal – but it is only through the gift of faith that these challenges can be overcome, Pope Francis said.
Ruins of the Berlin Wall: what they whisper 25 years later
Nov 9, 2014 / 04:05 amWhat remains of the Berlin Wall discloses a subtle yet stark reminder for civilization to not “look to walls as solutions,” says German priest Father Bernd Hagenkord, S.J.
Pope Francis recognizes 'heroic virtue' of 12-year-old boy
Nov 8, 2014 / 13:18 pmPope Francis advanced the sainthood causes for a 12-year-old Italian boy who died late 1970s as well as seven other men and women, recognizing all for their “heroic virtue.”
Where does every vocation start? The family, Pope Francis says
Nov 8, 2014 / 12:06 pmIn a meeting with members of the Italian Adult Catholic Scouting Movement, Pope Francis stressed the “educative mission” of the family, noting how every vocation is rooted in this fundamental relationship.
Cardinal Burke moved to Order of Malta, Mamberti to lead Signatura
Nov 8, 2014 / 08:08 amAfter six years serving as prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura, Cardinal Raymond Burke has been appointed as patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.
Pope Francis blasts 'pagan' Christians as 'enemies of the cross'
Nov 7, 2014 / 10:13 amIn his daily homily for Mass at the Santa Marta residence, Pope Francis urged the faithful against living as lukewarm pagans who are merely Christian in name, for these are “enemies of the Cross.”
Pope: You make the Church 'sick' if you don't support your bishop
Nov 5, 2014 / 11:20 amDuring his weekly general audience on Wednesday Pope Francis said that a Church which does not foster communion with the bishop is unhealthy.
Pope Francis: Our faith is based on Christ, not 'persuasive words'
Nov 3, 2014 / 11:43 amThe “rock” of our faith is not found in “wise and persuasive words,” Pope Francis said, but rather in the “living word” which is Christ's death and resurrection.
'Pray for the forgotten,' Pope exhorts on Feast of All Souls
Nov 2, 2014 / 09:03 amIn his Angelus address delivered for the Feast of All Souls, Pope Francis called on the faithful to pray for forgotten souls, as well as Christians who have died for their faith and in the service of others over the past year.
You are hurting the Church if you're lukewarm, Pope Francis warns
Oct 27, 2014 / 09:14 amIn his homily for Mass celebrated at the Santa Marta residence Monday Pope Francis warned against the harm of “lukewarm” Christianity, calling on faithful instead to be “children of light.”