The travels of Pope Francis told in the new film by Gianfranco Rosi

Presented as part of the latest Venice International Film Festival, Gianfranco Rosi’s “In viaggio” tells the nine years of Bergoglio’s pontificate through his travels around the world Traveling, by Gianfranco Rosi -STILL Maybe this documentary could have competed and maybe it could have won. In a historical moment marked by the possibility of a third … Read more

Pope Francis to seminarians: being in relationship with the world

Last Monday Pope Francis spoke with seminarians and priests studying in Rome, answering 10 questions out of 205 proposals, which concerned faith, ranging from the spiritual direction of young priests to the relationship between science and faith with a first question regarding direction spiritual: “Sometimes it is important to be accompanied by someone who knows … Read more

The colorful synod of synods, Pope Francis signs everything, the king of sex and the bodybuilding priest, the Orfeón Donostiarra in the Vatican.

by SPECOLA | 28 October, 2022 It’s Friday, we end the week with a lot of information and a wide variety of topics. It’s one of those days when making a short presentation seems like an impossible job. The Synod on synodality, now officially extended until 2024, has called for a “permanent update” in light … Read more

Emmanuel Macron, Pope Francis, Riccardi and Catholic intellectuals

What will we remember from the third meeting between Pope Francis and Emmanuel Macron on Monday, October 24? The first, in June 2018, was marked by the record time of the exchange between the two men, 57 minutes, concluded with a frank hug and a joke from the President who had caused a lot of … Read more

Pope Francis, the meaning of the apostolic journey to Kazakhstan after the revolt

Rome, 13 October 2022 – In January 2022 we talked about the revolt in Kazakhstan due to rising energy prices, just under a month after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The president of the presidential republic – with one-party government – Kassym Jomart Tokayev he had fired the government and imposed a curfew. According to … Read more

Mapuches asked Pope Francis to intercede before “the inhuman hunt” in Villa Mascardi

The coordinator of the Mapuche Parliament, Orlando Carriqueo, and the president of the Council for the Development of Indigenous Communities (Codeci), Nehuen Loncoman, they asked Pope Francis to intercede in the Villa Mascardi conflictafter the operation ordered by the federal justice system to evict the Lafken Winkul Mapu community. They referred to Francis’ last trip … Read more

“The saints do not come from a “parallel world”, they germinate from concrete life”, notes Pope Francis

Dear brothers and sisters, hello ! I am happy to meet you at the end of the colloquium on “holiness today” organized by the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. I greet and thank Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, the other superiors, the officials, the postulators and all the collaborators. I greet you all, you who come … Read more

Why is St. Francis attributed prophecies about Popes that have never been said?

Aleteia interviewed an authoritative Franciscan historian and theologian, who explains the meaning of these false attributions Baleful papal prophecies that are added to many other phrases or expressions are attributed to him erroneously: if they were all true Saint Francis of Assisi it could end up in the eye of the Church’s storm. The authoritative … Read more

Pope Francis returns to the “tormented Ukraine” and asks for “the gift of peace”, recalling that “mercy can change hearts”

“Let’s not forget to pray for the tormented Ukraine. Always asking the Lord for the gift of peace ”. This was asked by Pope Francis at the end of this morning’s General Audience in St. Peter’s Square. Shortly before, Francis had explicitly evoked the conflict by greeting the Poles present in San Pietro’s stink. “Today … Read more