The Pope's new appeal to the common responsibility of all believers is to overcome the spirit of division, the inability to understand each other, rivalry,  envy and  selfishness that makes our time similar to that of ancient Babel. It is necessary, therefore, to start with a “new language” said Francis Pope this morning, Wednesday 22 May, during the General Audience in St Peter's Square; a language that is capable of taking words of reconciliation, forgiveness, peace, unity, and love to all parts...

No one must kill in God's name.  Instead each and every one not only can but must do good, whatever faith they profess, for “they have within them  the commandment to  do good”, since they are “created in the image of God”. This is the essence of Pope Francis’ reflection this morning, Wednesday, 22 May, for those who took part in the early Mass which he celebrated in the Chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae. The Gospel passage proclaimed at the Mass (Mk 9:38-40) refers to the disciples' complaint...

True power is service.  On Tuesday, 21 May, at Mass in the Chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae the Pontiff returned to a topic that he has mentioned previously, this time commenting on the Gospel passage of the day (Mk 9:30-37).  The tragic news of the tornado which devastated Oklahoma City, USA was mentioned  during the Prayers of the Faithful, of which one of the intentions was for the victims. In the Gospel account Jesus passed through Galilee in the company of his disciples and he spoke to...

A Church not closed in on itself but open to meeting everyone and commited to being alongside the poorest of the poor in the “outskirts of existence” of the world. This is what Pope Francis proposed to the movements, the new communities, associations and lay groups on the Feast of Pentecost. On the day dedicated to them during the Year of Faith, the Pope met twice, in a matter of hours, the leaders of these ecclesial realities arriving in crowds at St Peter's Square. At the prayer vigil, presided...