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Taking the first step: Pope Francis in Colombia

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Buses in Colombia
Peter Cousins surveys the expectations of Pope Francis' visit to Colombia, where the current climate provides the perfect environment for the themes that have characterised his papacy to flourish.

On not quenching the Spirit

The eight works of mercy

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‘In today’s world, hunger, violence and poverty cannot be understood apart from the changes and degradation affecting the environment.’ Pope Francis’ recognition of this led him to introduce an eighth work of mercy in 2016: ‘care for our common home’.

Francis: the discerning pope

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Pope Francis
Nicholas Austin SJ looks at one of the foundation stones of Francis’ papacy and, indeed, his life as a Jesuit: discernment. What, according to Pope Francis, does it mean to be a discerning Christian?

Discernment in a time of tribulation: Pope Francis and the Church in Chile

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Pope Francis’ apology about the Chilean abuse crisis and his insistence on the need for renewal in the Church are informed by texts that he has been drawing on for thirty years, says Austen Ivereigh.

To bear wrongs patiently

To pray for the living and the dead

To admonish the sinner


To forgive offences willingly

Mercy: a case history

'Discernment charged with merciful love': Pope Francis’ Amoris Laetitia, on Love in the Family

Amoris Laetitia – a view from the female bridge

The name of God is Mercy

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Cover of 'The name of God is Mercy'
It is refreshing to hear Francis’ voice so clearly in this book. These are his actual words – not what we want to hear, not what our prejudices and projections emphasise or take out of context.

The religious landscape in Sweden

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Pope Francis
Ulf Jonsson SJ describes the religious climate in which only the second papal visit to Sweden, for the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation, took place.

50 years of humble progress: on the anniversary of Populorum Progressio

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Statue of Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI’s encyclical ‘On the development of peoples’ still deserves our attention, says Emilio Travieso SJ, in light of its content and context, and particularly its approach to teaching.

Taking the first step: Pope Francis in Colombia

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Buses in Colombia
Peter Cousins surveys the expectations of Pope Francis' visit to Colombia, where the current climate provides the perfect environment for the themes that have characterised his papacy to flourish.

On not quenching the Spirit

The eight works of mercy

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Photo by Hamed Saber at flickr.com
‘In today’s world, hunger, violence and poverty cannot be understood apart from the changes and degradation affecting the environment.’ Pope Francis’ recognition of this led him to introduce an eighth work of mercy in 2016: ‘care for our common home’.

Francis: the discerning pope

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Pope Francis
Nicholas Austin SJ looks at one of the foundation stones of Francis’ papacy and, indeed, his life as a Jesuit: discernment. What, according to Pope Francis, does it mean to be a discerning Christian?

Discernment in a time of tribulation: Pope Francis and the Church in Chile

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0
Pope Francis’ apology about the Chilean abuse crisis and his insistence on the need for renewal in the Church are informed by texts that he has been drawing on for thirty years, says Austen Ivereigh.
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