November 13, 2017 - Inside The Vatican

Letter #63, 2017: “Because of beauty”

November 13, 2017, Monday “He taught me to open up to a different liturgy, which I always keep in my heart because of its beauty." —Pope Francis, in a November 9 talk (four days ago) to Ukrainian seminarians in Rome, four days ago. Francis recounted that, as a youngster of 12 and 13 years old in [...]

Scandal wounds hearts and kills hope

Scandal wounds hearts and kills hopes: this was the core of Pope Francis’ remarks to the faithful following the Gospel at Mass on Monday morning in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae. “Things that cause sin will inevitably occur,” the Pope said, recalling the words of Our Lord in the Gospel reading, “but woe to the one [...]