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  2. Pope Francis performed the Lenten washing of the feet, traditionally at Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran, at a juvenile detention home and included two girls and two Muslims. He had stated that he wanted to bring the church closer to the poor and marginalized so as to be in service of one another.

  3. Nov 1, 2023 · Pope Francis has called for a “paradigm shift” in Catholic theology that takes widespread engagement with contemporary science, culture, and people’s lived experience as an essential starting...

  4. Nov 1, 2023 · A Church that is “synodal, missionary, and ‘goes forth’” needs a theology that “goes forth”, too. That's the thought behind Pope Francis’ new Motu Proprio Ad theologiam promovendam [link to Italian original], dated 1 November 2023, which updates the statutes of the Pontifical Academy of Theology.

    • Theology at The Service of Church's Living Faith
    • Forming Experts in Humanity and Closeness
    • Evangelization at The Heart of Service
    • A Service to The Faith, The Church, and The World

    The Pope emphasized the importance of interpreting the faith for the modern world, making it accessible to people in every age “in the dynamism of tradition.” Theology, he said, “has a great responsibility to stimulate and guide the search for meaning,” especially today, and invited formators to ask themselves how to communicate the truths of the f...

    Pope Francis stressed, secondly, the necessity of good formation for the renewal and future of vocations. He noted that those who are called to the priesthood or religious life all have their own life experiences, and that formators must be able “to ‘encounter’ the whole personality of the ‘called,’” which includes their “intelligence, feelings, he...

    Finally, the Pope said that evangelization – which is never proselytism – is at the heart of the ecclesial service of formators. He described evangelization as “an attraction to Christ, fostering an encounter with Him who changes your life, who makes you happy, and makes you, each day, a new creature and a visible sign of His love.” Every person, h...

    Pope Francis concluded his address with the hope that his reflections would help the formators in Milan “to cultivate your vocation of service to the faith, to the Church, and to the world.”

  5. Dec 5, 2023 · In his new apostolic letter, Pope Francis called for a new hermeneutical and methodological framework that is not averse to confronting the complexities, fragilities and vulnerabilities of our...

  6. 2 days ago · Francis ushered in a new era of leadership of the Roman Catholic Church when he was elected pope in 2013. As the first pope from the Western Hemisphere, the first from South America, and the first from the Jesuit order, Francis has brought many reforms to the church and a reputation for humility.

  7. Mar 23, 2021 · Pope Francis today called on Catholic moral theologians, missionaries and confessors to follow the example of St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, the famous moral theologian and founder...

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