Tag: "People of God"

Pope Francis, Evangelii Gaudium, The Joy of the Gospel
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Front Row With Francis: The Church and the Beatitudes

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Pope Francis resumed his catechesis on the Church, during his first General Audience since June. He focuses this week’s teaching on how Jesus fulfills the Old Testament by giving a new teaching on mercy in the beatitudes. Key Points: 1.)“John points to Jesus and calls us to follow him in repentance and conversion. The new […]

We Are All Invited to be Members of the People of God
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We Are All Invited to be Members of the People of God

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Dear Brothers and Sisters, good morning! Today I would like to touch briefly on another of the terms with which the Second Vatican Council defined the Church, that of “People of God” (cf. Dogmatic Constitution. Lumen Gentium, 9; Catechism of the Catholic Church, 782). I shall do so with a few questions upon which we […]