Domus Sanctae Marthae Archives

As Italy empties for summer break, Pope Francis opts for ‘staycation’
- Vatican
- August 15, 2017
While being a big fan of the post-lunch siesta, Pope Francis has never adopted the Italian tradition of ‘Ferragosto’ when people abandon the hot cities and escape to the nearby beaches. The workaholic pope decided instead to spend the summer at his home in the Vatican for what in American argot is called a ‘staycation.’
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At last Mass before summer break, Pope warns against horoscopes, fortune telling
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- June 27, 2017
“A Christian does not have a horoscope to see the future,” the pope said. “He doesn’t go to a fortune teller with a crystal ball or have his palm read. No, no! He doesn’t know where he is going. He is guided,” Pope Francis said in his last homily during morning Mass at Domus Sanctae Marthae before summer break.
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God loves, chooses, is faithful to those who are meek, pope says
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- June 23, 2017
“You did not choose. It was he who chose you, he called you and he bound himself to you and this is our faith,” Pope Francis said in his homily during Mass at Domus Sanctae Marthae where he lives. “He chooses the smallest, not the greatest, the smallest, and reveals himself to the little ones.”
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Hypocrisy kills the Christian community, pope says at morning Mass

“Hypocrisy is not the language of Jesus. Hypocrisy is not the language of Christians. A Christian cannot be a hypocrite and a hypocrite cannot be a Christian. This is very clear,” Pope Francis said in his homily during morning Mass. “Hypocrisy can kill a community.”

Mercy toward others implies taking risks, suffering, pope says

“How many, beginning with Pius XII, took risks to hide Jews so that they wouldn’t be killed, so that they wouldn’t be deported!” Pope Francis said during morning Mass in the Domus Sanctae Marthae. “They risked their skin! But it was a work of mercy to save the lives of those people!”

Ideological fanatics divide the Christian community, pope says

During his homily at Domus Sanctae Marthae, Pope Francis warned of the dangers of when “doctrine becomes ideology.” Those who “divide the Christian community,” the pope added, do so because their “hearts are closed to the work of the Holy Spirit.”