Pope Francis: Even if we hit rock bottom, God lets us start over with Him

Pope: God desires to offer his love and mercy to those at ‘crossroads’ of life

Pope Francis waves from a balcony at Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Sunday, March 23, 2025, following weeks of hospitalization for bilateral pneumonia. / Credit: Vatican Media/Screenshot Vatican City, Mar 26, 2025 / 14:00 pm (CNA). Pope Francis on Wednesday highlighted the transformative power of God’s merciful love for those who encounter him at the crossroads of life.Since being discharged from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Sunday, the Holy Father’s…

Pope can communicate even though he can't talk- Card. Ravasi - General News

Pope Francis has a hard time talking but can communicate through his silence, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi told Rome daily Il Messaggero in an interview published on Wednesday. (ANSA)

Pope Francis: Even if we hit rock bottom, God lets us start over with Him

Pope Francis releases his catechesis for the weekly General Audience, which was not held as he recovers from bilateral pneumonia, and recalls that it is never too late to consign everything to God and start anew in our journey. Read all

Jesus pursues our brokenness to offer healing, Pope's catechesis says - The Catholic Leader

JESUS seeks out people in their woundedness and isolation to offer healing and hope, even when they feel furthest from God, Pope Francis said in a prepared catechesis. “Jesus awaits us and lets himself be found precisely when we think there is no longer hope for us,” he wrote in the text prepared for his […] The post Jesus pursues our brokenness to offer healing, Pope’s catechesis says appeared first on The Catholic Leader.

Quoting the French writer Georges Bernanos – “hope is a risk that we must assume, it is the risk of risks” – Pope Francis warned us from the beginning of this cruel year for humanity: “Hope is a hidden virtue, tenacious and patient. However, for Christians, hoping is not an optional choice, but a condition that cannot be renounced. As Benedict XVI recalled in the encyclical Spe salvi (“In Hope”, n.m.), hope is not a passive optimism but, on the …

Professor of Catholic Religious Moral Education, Nuno Andrpraised the Pope's transparency regarding his state of health, noting that this “reflects Francis' commitment to honesty in the life of Christians and the Church”.