Meaning somebody before all else was going to embrace lady poverty, lover of st. francis. while service to the poor is one of the tenets of the catholic church, people come to see the often laughic image of the papacy that the church is out of touch with ordinary followers. some church observers say pope francis s dressed down style from the beginning may be creating some unease, even among the cardinals who elected him. i wouldn t be surprised if some of them are wondering, what did we bargain for. did we know what we were getting. so if i m living in a pa lashal residence and i m amazing wonderfulfully ornate vestments and then here comes pope francis and he is living in a guest house with simple clothes, i have to look how i m putting forward my own image in my own
Six months into his papacy, observers say pope francis is changing the narrative. it was church in crisis. catholic water gate. now within 24 hours after francis s election we were talking about new day dawns for the catholic church and charismatic pope takes the world by storm. july, francis took his first international trip as pope to celebrate world youth day in brazil. the most populous catholic country in the world. the reception in rio de janeiro was overwhelming and raised security concerns. many were calling the 1981 assassination attempt of john paul ii and one woman attacking benedict 16th twice in 2008 and 2009. i will tell you, after the mob scene on the first night of
Over time. will women be admitted to the holy ordersed to the priesthood? pope john paul ii said that we are not able to do that because it is a situation that is determined by the example of our lord in selecting 12 men to be the apostles. however, there were certainly many women in the early church who had leadership roles in prayer. in september the pope continued to make news, leaving no doubt he was radically shifting the conversation on social issues. he warned the church not to interfere spiritually in the lives of gays and lesbians and said that the church needed to be more than about condemning abortion, same-sex marriage and contraceptives. yet, the winds of change are upon the holy sea as pope francis looks to reform the
We ve moved from there, and here we have a new pope who has expressed clearly his mind is there s no compromise on this. another priority which francis is already tackling is reforming the curia, the central governing body of the church viewed widely as ineffective. francis has a pointed a group of eight cardinals to review it. i bet the people in the curia are shaking in their cassocks right now. i think this point is in many ways an outsider. sometimes it takes somebody from the outside to come in with fresh eyes who is not beholden politically to a certain circle to effect change. what could be considered the first scandal of francis new administration is the allegations of corruption at the vatican bank.over the summer italian police arrested a senior italian bank official for a
What kind of man and what kind of pope francis would be was going to be revealed on the debut on the balcony. pope francis has also revealed, he is not afraid it weigh in on matters of global conflict. the pope spoke out on syria, writing a letter to russian president vladimir putin as g-8 will got under way in st. petersburg. the pope said to leaders present each and every one, i made a heart felt appeal for them to help find ways to overcome the conflicting positions and to lay aside the futile pursuit after military solution. he is also called for a day of prayer and fasting for peace in syria. and he is using almost every means at his disposal to back this up p. one thing that is clear, on the six-month anniversary of francis s papacy, is that he wants to be a bold global