holiness Archives

Let’s face it: The modern papacy is an impossible gig

Apr 25, 2021

We live in a time of instant opinion, in which perspective is generally the first casualty of war. Nevertheless, here’s a bit of perspective anyone who follows Vatican news and the Catholic scene ought to try to keep in mind: The papacy, as it’s come to be understood, is an impossible gig.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Theologian grapples with combining Church’s sin and sanctity

Nov 2, 2018

Crux speaks with Professor Brian Flanagan about his new book, “Stumbling in Holiness: Sin and Sanctity in the Church.”

By Christopher White

Christians must help others meet Jesus, Pope Francis says

Apr 22, 2018

On Saturday, Pope Francis said that Christians are called to a mission of leading others to an encounter with Jesus Christ, in order that every person might grow in his or her individual call to holiness.

By Hannah Brockhaus

Pope’s new exhortation ‘a signpost, a reminder, and a prophetic call’

Apr 15, 2018

Rather than excuses, distractions, polemics, and the plays that come with Church politics, Pope Francis in his new apostolic exhortation is leading us back to the heart of faith.

By Father Jeffrey F. Kirby

Head of U.S. bishops’ conference praises pope for ‘powerful words’ calling all to holiness

Apr 9, 2018

The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said he is grateful to Pope Francis for “his powerful, straightforward words” in ‘Gaudete et Exsultate’ (“Rejoice and Be Glad”), his apostolic exhortation on “the call to holiness in today’s world.”

By Catholic News Service

In ‘Gaudete et Exsultate,’ Pope answers ‘Amoris’ critics: Don’t ‘reduce, constrict’ Gospel

Apr 9, 2018

In a new document on holiness, Pope Francis makes clear he both believes in the Devil, the “Prince of Hell,” and that he regards critics of his merciful line in “Amoris Laetitia” and elsewhere of seeing the Church as “the possession of a select few.”

By Inés San Martín

Priest at Vatican mission to the U.N. offers ‘Plan of Life’

Feb 16, 2018

Father Roger J. Landry, a priest of Fall River, Massachusetts, is currently assigned to the Holy See’s Mission to the United Nations in New York. He speaks about it in his new book, ‘Plan of Life: Habits to Help You Grow Closer to God’ with Crux.

By Kathryn Jean Lopez