...The current Pope, Pope Francis, is known to quite the opposite of the recent Pope Benedict. Since he started in the religious office his statements have been viewed as controversial. He seems to be more outspoken and down to earth than other Popes. His statements have been sought to be either wrong or acknowledge. For example his remarks toward gay marriage, how God is not "Catholic", and criticism on the Catholic Church, ect have angered conservative catholics, but many, as well as myself, feel his statements aren't wrong because he has a more open mind and thinks of everything equally instead of conservative. The pope has answered the question of gay marriage as a topic we should stop focusing so hard on when there are other things we need to focus on. He also stated that if God were to approach one who is gay he would show love instead of resentment. Also, when she stated that God is not Catholic, he explained how God is his father and Jesus is his pastor, making it obvious that the pope isn't a conservative catholic. This is what makes him different. His views are more about the truth and understanding of the Catholic faith instead of the church rules. It almost reminds me of Martin Luther. Luther criticized and spoke out on certain topics and stated the wrong, like Pope Francis. Francis noticed how certain priest and nuns are driving expensive cars and living in wealthy houses and spoke out about it because these religious people should be more humble. Although, many...
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...North Banquet Hall inside of Campion Student Center, I attended a lecture titled “Pope Francis: Contributor to a Better World. The guest speaker was Sergio Rubin. He had a translator. Sergio Rubin is a journalist, born in Santa Fe, Argentina. He has won many awards, which include First Place for coverage in the category of “Social Solidarity” in 2011 as well as being awarded by the Association of Argentine Journalism Organizations. He has interviewed major international figures such as Mother Teresa and covered over a dozen of John Paul II's trips, his funeral, as well as Benedict XVI’s papal election and his visit to Cuba. Since 1994, he has served as a religion editor for the Argentine newspaper, Clarín. He considers Pope Francis to be very down-to-earth. He has interviewed him on topics that include family, immigration, dictatorship, the military as well as politics. His latest book: Pope Francis: His Life in His Own Words (Conversations with Jorge Bergoglio) has been translated into twenty different languages. He believes that nothing is more important than love and that the current pope has a lot of selflessness. I could not agree more with that. He has shown great care for the poor and he believes that closeness to them comes from the gospel and isn’t ideological. The church is at least two thousand year old. It has had moments of excellence, one of which includes the current pope. Rubin has some relationships to Jews. He has attended Jewish events with Jews...
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...confidence. Pope Francis is said to be very influential to people all over the world and for many different reasons. However there are many different people with many different reasons that continue to disagree with some of the ways that Pope Francis literally reaches out and shares the word of God with the whole world, etc. Pope Francis...
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...The evidence in the film that validated Pope Franci’s view, can be seen in various clips throughout the film. In one scene Francis was in a basement and sympathizing with the poor, the amount of distress he felt towards them was very compelling and it was very easy to tell that he has a heart of gold and truly wants goodness for all. In the conversion scene, Francis says, “If the purpose of life is this loveless toil we fill our days with, then it is not for me. There must be something better.” In this scene it seems as if Francis is trying to find his purpose in life and he knows that he must do something different to find it He says he wants to be, “happy and free,” and that he wants to live in a world of harmony, this is what is the most...
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...In the first synod Pope Francis is challenged in Vatican showings. This synod was specifically about family issues and was overshadowed by doctrinal differences. A synod is a meeting of the Bishops from around to world. This article was interesting to me because it was decided that after a divorce and remarriage the Catholic the got divorced could someday receive communion again. The article explained how the Cardinals acted toward the Pope by saying that there were predetermined results. Same-sex marriage would not be considered marriage. Some countries feel pressured to pass laws on abortion and homosexuality which had me wonder why they were pressured. I wonder that because if passing a law is the right thing for the church then the...
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...Pope Francis I whose birthname was Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected the Pope in March, 2013. Francis is the only one to ever take over while the previous Pope was still alive. He is an advocate for the poor and marginalized, and when it comes to politics and environmental issues, he is not afraid to initiate dialogue and take action where he deems necessary. One of the most significant actions was his Encyclical, Laudato Si, that he wrote to his Bishops explaining his take on the scientific debate about climate change. Pope Francis is known to make daily headlines. In a short period of time, his methods and philosophies are bridging the gap between some of the Catholic Church policies and modern times. Jorge Mario Bergoglio is the 266th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, and is the first Pope ever to be elected from the Americas. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on December 17, 1936 and was 76 years old at the time of his election. He was ordained a priest in 1969 and soon after became Argentina's superior of the society of Jesus. This is very...
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...5th and early 6th centuries AD; while Pope Francis is the 266th and the current Pope of the Catholic Church, who holds sovereign of the Vatican City. Although from very different times and cultures, both leaders King Arthur and Pope Francis have one main parallel. They both believe strongly in the idea of a place or time of idealized beauty, peacefulness, and enlightenment. For King Arthur this place or time was Camelot, and for Pope Francis, it is the church- the whole body of Christian believers professing the same creed and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority. Both King Arthur and Pope Francis want everyone to be treated fairly...
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...In this MSN article it speaks of Pope Francis address to congress in Capitol Hill Washington. Pope Francis addressed his way of knowledge of world problems not only occuring in the United States but also other relations that the U.S. is involved in. He does not get into political views or chooses sides, but speaks in the way of the church, that congress need to put more effort into the people other then trying to solve solutions for gay marriage something that is personal to the people them selfs, on the other hand he likes what the U.S. did to leave a positive carbon foot print. Also he not only talks about the people in need of help, but protecting mother earth from it's current wounds. Many see the popes action as a political democratic perspective, but yet he speaks of it in a religiouse way. U.S. catholics dissagree and hate on what he is saying to congress because they do not agree on letting others have a choice in gay...
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...Hunter Tierney Pope Francis: Why He Leads The Way He Leads Book Report 9/22/15 This book was very influential and made many points that carried a tremendous amount of weight. Having been the first literature I have read about the Pope, I am truly amazed with the amount of change he has been able to impose on the Catholic Church. When thinking of Catholicism I envision centuries of practices that have not changed but when it comes to Pope Francis he envisions change and is acting on it. After reading this book I truly believe that he is going to be the change that the Catholic Church needs and that he will be able to have a positive impact not only on the followers of the Catholic Church but all people on our Earth. What I found to be most intriguing about the book was the amount of examples it was able to include regarding the various aspects of leadership and what makes an effective leader in today’s world. These aspects were carried with the Pope from his entire Jesuit journey that was laid out in the 1500’s by Ignatius of Loyola. I found the back-story of Ignatius of Loyola’s creation of the Jesuit order of priests to be very intriguing. Ignatius of Loyola was one of the many examples that strengthened this books representation of how Pope Francis’s leadership traits translate into other walks of life. He demonstrates such positive attributes that can be utilized by people across the world. I found the most powerful part of the book to be the description of the Pope’s...
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...“The Count of Monte Cristo” By: Alexander Dumas (Movie Report) Shiella Andrea G. Torres IV-3 Generosity Ms. Adelaida Yambao INTRODUCTION The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure story which highlights the conspiracy, inequality and injustices present in our society. It also delves on what thirst for revenge can do to some people and how it can change him/her. Also, this story tells us how love, friendship and faith can be a saving factor from our own selfish, devastating, ignorant acts and desires. This movie focuses primarily on how a kind-hearted and God fearing man who is a model of honesty and innocence lost everything he had, including his happiness with one letter which he doesn’t even know the contents of. The man was betrayed by his friend, was accused of treason, and was sent to jail because of a crime he didn’t even know he committed. In prison, he met a new friend and taught him everything he needed to know. After 14 years spent in jail, he finally managed to escape and he had acquired a fortune which he used for his vengeance. PLOT The story begins with Edmond Dantes being a sailor and soon to be a captain of the ship back in Marseilles which made Danglars envy him more. Dantes has a special lady in his life, Mercedes, who is really beautiful that made even his best friend show desire over her. He got everything he needed; his dream job and the love of his life. Who would possibly want more? But everything he had got lost with a piece of letter...
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...Among society we often see a lot of concerns and series of events that lead people to take action towards Gay rights. There are political views and personal standpoints which people act upon,the individuals take a stand on gay rights and try to break taboos among society. Among those individuals there is Pope Francis, who favors the Gay Right movements. Even though he is the leader of the Catholic Church, a religion that most of its followers ,are against Gay Rights. On the other side there are public figures that young generations look up to and follow such as Rhianna, she is a figure that has control of certain tendencies that could involve homosexual views. In Europe, Pope Francis has declared that he is not against, but also in favor...
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...José Bergoglio; an immigrant Italian accountant who toiled on railways and Regina María Sívori, a full-time housewife and devoted her life to her five children. They had a modest existence, being so thrifty that new clothes were seen as dangerously lavish, not once going on holidays and never owning a car. They were not poor, but were unassuming upper-working-class Italians who considered themselves very fortunate to have secure housing in Flores. Also, snubbing the poor and resenting the penurious because they cast shadows of misfortune on the great city of Buenos Aires was not their approach. It was here, in 1940s Buenos Aires, seeing emaciated children go hungry while richer people in furs scorned them for their lowliness that the future Pope began to abhor snobbery. The young Jorge was bookish, busy cultivating his love for literature and dazzled by the colourful local Jewish community, which put on plays. In the sixth grade, Bergoglio attended Wilfrid Barón de los Santos Ángeles, a school of the Salesians of Don Bosco, in Ramos Mejía, Buenos Aires. He attended the technical secondary school Escuela Técnica Industrial N° 27 Hipólito Yrigoyen named after a past President of Argentina. Known for his literary leanings, his chief field of study, however, was chemistry, a subject in which he earned a Master’s degree. Bergoglio found his vocation to the priesthood while he was on his way to celebrate the Spring Day. He studied at the archdiocesan seminary, Inmaculada Concepción Seminary...
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...Christian Social Teaching is about helping humanity with political, economic, and social issues and coming up with solutions. This event went into detail what Laudato Si’ On Care for our Common Home is all about. In Pope Francis’s encyclical letter, Pope Francis talks about the environment and how global warming is real issue. If nothing is done to stop this from happening then our world will cease to exist. He is talking about saving humanity which is the main point of Christian Social Teaching. Dr. Hille Haker talked about this in her lecture. Pope Francis encyclical letter is one of the two required reading for this class so that singles that this letter and the event is a part of Christian Social Teaching. In the book, Living Justice...
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...Pope Francis’ speech at Malacañang January 16, 2015 10:36am Below is the full text of Pope Francis' speech at Malacañang after his courtesy call on President Aquino on Friday, Jan. 16. Ladies and Gentlemen, I thank you, Mr President, for your kind welcome and for your words of greeting in the name of the authorities and people of the Philippines, and the distinguished members of the Diplomatic Corps. I am most grateful for your invitation to visit the Philippines. My visit is above all pastoral. It comes as the Church in this country is preparing to celebrate the fifth centenary of the first proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ on these shores. The Christian message has had an immense influence on Filipino culture. It is my hope that this important anniversary will point to its continuing fruitfulness and it’s potential to inspire a society worthy of the goodness, dignity and aspirations of the Filipino people. In a particular way, this visit is meant to express my closeness to our brothers and sisters who endured the suffering, loss and devastation caused by Typhoon Yolanda. Together with many people throughout the world, I have admired the heroic strength, faith and resilience demonstrated by so many Filipinos in the face of this natural disaster, and so many others. Those virtues, rooted not least in the hope and solidarity instilled by Christian faith, gave rise to an outpouring of goodness and generosity, especially on the part of so...
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...Panhandling I think you should give money to panhandlers, Pope Francis even said you should. Pope Francis said,”give without worry.” Another reason why is put yourself in their shoes. Imagine what they have to go through everyday. Also they are humans too not every homeless person is a low life bum. In The New York Times It stated that Pope francis said, “Give without worry.” My opinion is that if you are a person of faith or religion especially christianity then you should listen to the Pope. Also it is the nice thing to do. And if you think they might spend it on drugs or something there is alternative options to help. For example buy them food, give them blankets, or donate to a charity. But don’t just ignore them.Pope Francis also said, “If a glass of wine is the only happiness in their life it’s ok.”...
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