Gaudete et exsultate
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The next World Meeting of Families will focus on holiness in married vocation
The Vatican announced Friday that the next World Meeting of Families will focus on the vocation of married life as... Read more
Apostolic nuncio encourages US bishops in 'listening'
Speaking to the US bishops’ spring meeting on Wednesday, Archbishop Christophe Pierre urged the importance of listening: to youth, to... Read more
Bishops welcome papal exhortation on universal call to holiness
Following the publication of Pope Francis’s third apostolic exhortation, bishops in the English-speaking world have applauded Gaudete et exsultate for... Read more
Commentary: The peripheries of our own vision
While Pope Francis’ latest apostolic exhortation focuses on joy and holiness in everyday life, one passage has drawn sharp reactions... Read more
Not defending life? Pope Francis won’t let you off the hook, experts say
The latest exhortation from Pope Francis has made headlines for its claims about the importance of defending the value of... Read more
Commentary: Reading Pope Francis in love
In his first homily as pope, Francis quoted Leon Bloy, the French convert, author, and mystic who has influenced some... Read more
Pope Francis issues exhortation praising the ‘middle class’ of holiness
Pope Francis released the apostolic exhortation Gaudete et exsultate in which he aims to “repropose” the universal call to holiness... Read more
Pope Francis to issue apostolic exhortation on holiness
Pope Francis will next week publish an apostolic exhortation on holiness titled Gaudete et exsultate, or “Rejoice and be glad”,... Read more
