From 2013: 'The new Pope is getting to me' - Deacon Greg Kandra

Pope Francis: A Pontificate of the Heart

Rather than emphasizing the church as a sacramental reality imbued with the presence of God, or a conception of the church as a pilgrim people, Pope Francis voiced a preference for the church as a field hospital with a battlefield task: Heal the wounds! Start from the ground up. Encounter those on the margins. Accompany those who feel left out.

From 2013: 'The new Pope is getting to me' - Deacon Greg Kandra

This week, I remembered writing something about Pope Francis in the early days of his papacy, and I went searching for it on my blog archive for Patheos. Found it. From March of 2013, just a few days after his election.  It reflects how I was feeling way back when — and captures some of the mood of the time.  A few people have commented on it, and I’ve noticed it, too: the new Pope is getting to me. And in a good way. Something is happening.  A …