Work as a Mechanism of Hope: Lessons from the Late Pope Francis

Pope Francis waves as he rides in his popemobile through Havana after celebrating Mass on September 20, 2015, in Revolution Square. Behind him is then-Havana Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino, who died in 2019. Pope Francis, formerly Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, died on April 21, 2025, at the age of 88. (OSV News Photo/Tom Tracy) By Tom Tracy, OSV News MIAMI — Nearly a decade ago, the Archdiocese of Miami organized a pilgrimage from Mia…

Work as a Mechanism of Hope: Lessons from the Late Pope Francis

The Jubilee Year of Hope was a fitting last year for our late Holy Father, Pope Francis, whose message and evangelization returned to hope so many times throughout his pontificate. Francis was a pope of the people, a man with enormous empathy for the poor and the working class, a leader who sought to lift […]