Who Is Pope Francis and how is the world responding? (rollup)

By Peter Mirus ( bio - articles - email ) | Mar 14, 2013

Catholics want to know: who is Pope Francis? What are his views and how will he be likely to govern the Church? This is a rollup of news and commentary on CatholicCulture.org that helps build a picture of our new pope, organized in reverse chronological  order. The parenthetical reference after each title denotes either a news story or a commentary by the named writer):

March 29, 2013:

• Archbishop Gomez on immigration, Pope Francis, abuse scandal (Catholic World News)

March 28, 2013:

• Pope washes feet of prisoners—male and female—at Holy Thursday liturgy (Catholic World News)
• Priests fulfill themselves by serving others, Pope tells clergy of Rome (Catholic World News)
• Homily at Holy Thursday Chrism Mass: Dissatisfaction Comes from not Going out of Oneself (full text)
• Pope appoints succesor in Buenos Aires archdiocese (Catholic World News)
• Slight changes to Pope Francis' coat of arms (Catholic World News)

March 27, 2013:

• General Audience: Following Jesus Is Learning to Go Out of Ourselves (full text) 
• Enter Christ's way of thinking during Holy Week, Pope urges public audience (Catholic World News)
• Cuban cardinal: Before conclave, Pope Francis challenged Church not be narcissistic (Catholic World News)
• Pope Francis' Holy Thursday Mass: Most youth at prison are foreign Muslims (Catholic World News)
• Papal plea for peace in Central African Republic (Catholic World News)
• In weekday Mass homily, Pope  Francis emphasizes forgiveness (Catholic World News)
• Rome's public transit lines salute Pope Francis, noted bus rider (Catholic World News)
• Pope Francis will 'take possession' of Lateran basilica on April 7 (Catholic World News)

March 26, 2013:

• Pope in no hurry to move to Apostolic Palace (Catholic World News)
• No media coverage for Pope's Holy Thursday Mass (Catholic World News)
• Future Pope Francis emphasized self-accusation of faults by religious (Catholic World News)
• Pope Francis' <em>Via Crucis</em> at the Colosseum: full text of meditations (Catholic World News)
• Russian Orthodox spokesman: Pope should not encourage Ukrainian Catholics (Catholic World  News)
• Archbishop Gomez: Pope Francis may weigh in on immigration reform (Catholic World News)
• Pope Francis, accompanied by secretary, stops to pray at cemetery, church (Catholic World News)

March 25, 2013:

• Pope Francis, Benedict XVI embrace at Castel Gandolfo (Catholic World News
• Pope's Palm Sunday message: Find joy in the Cross (Catholic World News)
• Pope urges Jesuits to maintain loyalty (Catholic World News)
• Papal message to Rome's Jewish community for Passover (Catholic World News)
• Pope highlights God's patience with sinful people (Catholic World News)
• Nobel Peace Prize winner again defends Pope Francis (Catholic World News)
• Pope Francis gives Russian Patriarch's gift to Pope Emeritus Benedict (Catholic World News)
• Cardinal Mahony: Pope needs to make new curial appointments 'very soon' (Catholic World News)
• Pope Francis and creation: 3 reflections (Catholic World News)
• Pope celebrates Mass for Vatican's blue collar workers (Catholic World News)

March 24, 2013:

• Pope Francis homily for Palm Sunday (full text)

March 22, 2013:

• Pope Francis Address to the Diplomatic Corps (full text)
• Pope Francis backs Benedict's stand against relativism (Catholic World News)
• Nobel Peace Prize winner defends Pope’s actions during ‘dirty war’ (Catholic World News)
• Russian Orthodox Patriarch gives book, icon to Pope Francis (Catholic World News)
• Report: Guardini a favorite author of Pope Francis, like Pope Benedict (Catholic World News)
• Pope invites Argentines to impromptu party (Catholic World News)
• Book of future Pope's conversations with rabbi to be published in English in May (Catholic World News)

March 21, 2013:

• Kidnapped Jesuit says future Pope Francis was blameless in his Argentine detention (Catholic World News)
• Pope Francis will celebrate Holy Thursday Mass in prison in Rome (Catholic World News)
• Pope sends greetings to new Archbishop of Canterbury (Catholic World News)
• Cardinal  Ouellet sees plans for change under Pope Francis (Catholic World News)
• Washington Post examines future pope's record on sex abuse cases (Catholic World News)
• Future pope frequently offered Mass at chapel near bus stop (Catholic World News)

March 20, 2013:

• Pope Francis address to fraternal delegates of other churches (full text) 
• Pope affirms commitment to ecumenism (Catholic World News)
• Syria's Christians in peril, Melkite Catholic leader warns Pontiff (Catholic World News)
• Pope Francis calls Pope emeritus Benedict with feast-day greetings (Catholic World News)
• Pope invites Rome's poor to Holy Thursday Mass (Catholic World News)
• Pope Francis is avid soccer fan (Catholic World News)
• Leading pro-life congressman reflects on election of Pope Francis (Catholic World News)
• Cardinal Dolan: Joy, prayers as Pope begins Petrine ministry (Catholic World News)
• Obama sends letter to Pope Francis (Catholic World News)

March 19, 2013:

• World Youth Day appearance by Pope Francis confirmed, says Brazilian cardinal (Catholic World News)
• Vatican explains coat of arms of Pope Francis (Catholic World News)
• Head of Ukrainian Catholic Church pays tribute to Pope Francis as his mentor (Catholic World News)
• Pope Francis celebrates inaugural Mass to begin pontificate (Catholic World News)
• Let Us Be "Protectors" of Creation, Not Allowing Omens of Destruction and Death to Accompany Our World's Journey (Pope Francis, homily at inaugural Mass)
• Before inaugural Mass, Pope speaks by phone to crowd in Buenos Aires (Catholic World News)

March 18, 2013:

• Perceptive commentary: O'Grady, Douthat, Bottum, Allen, Erlandson (Phil Lawler)
• Hitler's Pope? The media thought otherwise at the time (Phil Lawler)
• Pope renews Curia appointments—for now (Catholic World News)
• Cardinal Bergoglio 'completely innocent' of 'dirty war' accusations, says top Argentine judge (Catholic World News)
• 'All welcome' for Pope's inaugural Mass (Catholic World News)
• At first Angelus audience, Pope speaks on God's infinite mercy (Catholic World News)
• Argentine President visits Pope, asks for intervention in Falklands (Catholic World News)
• Zimbabwe's Mugabe, denounced by country's bishops, plans to attend Pope's inaugural Mass (Catholic World News)
• After visit to Roman parish, Pope mixes with crowd outside Vatican (Catholic World News)
• How did cardinals choose Pope Francis? First accounts leak from conclave (Catholic World News)
• Obama names delegation to Pope's inaugural Mass (Catholic World News)
• Archbishop Chaput: Pope Francis’s election is ‘huge benefit for the Church’ (Catholic World News)

March 17, 2013:

• Christ's Message is Mercy (Pope Francis' homily for the 5th Sunday in Lent)
• If God Didn't Forgive Everyone, the World Would Not Exist (Pope Francis' first Sunday Angelus message)

March 16, 2013:

• I Wish for a Church that is Poor and for the Poor (Pope Francis' address to journalists)

 March 15, 2013:

• When the future Pope spoke about sexual abuse... (Phil Lawler)
• The early signs are clear. Pope Francis is a reformer. (Phil Lawler)
• Vatican rejects charge that future Pope failed to oppose Argentine military government (Catholic World News)
• Never be discouraged, Pope Francis urges cardinals (Catholic World News)
• Good Wine that Improves with Age, Let the Old Give Youth the Wisdom of Life (English text of Pope's first address to cardinals)
• Pope Francis asks Argentines to give to poor rather than travel to Rome for installation (Catholic World News)
• Unprecedented ecumenical gesture: Patriarch of Constantinople will attend Pope's inauguration (Catholic World News)
• Argentine cardinal suffers stroke, visited in hospital by Pope Francis (Catholic World News)
• ‘Rend your hearts’: Lenten message of the future Pope Francis (Catholic World News)
• Islamic university hopes for dialogue with Vatican under Pope Francis (Catholic World News)
• Pope sends greetings to Rome's Jewish leader (Catholic World News)
• 'Cybersquatters' seize domain names linked to Pope Francis (Catholic World News)
• Father Fessio, George Weigel laud Pope as ‘old-school Jesuit’; ‘persecuted’ by fellow Jesuits in Argentina? (Catholic World News)

March 14, 2013:

• Pope Francis visits Marian basilica, talks by phone with Benedict XVI (Catholic World News)
• Pope's public schedule for first days of pontificate (Catholic World News)
• American cardinals relieved after conclave (Catholic World News)
• Italian bishops' conference congratulates wrong cardinal after conclave (Catholic World News)
• President Obama sends greetings to new pontiff (Catholic World News)
• Church cannot 'walk without the Cross,' Pope Francis says in first homily as Pontiff (Catholic World News)
• To Walk, to Build, to Witness, Always with the Cross of Christ (English text of Pope's first homily at Pro Ecclesia Mass)
• US, Canadian bishops welcome election of Pope Francis (Catholic World News)
• The future Pope Francis on apostolic courage and the danger of ‘spiritual worldliness’ (Catholic World News)
• The future Pope Francis on the Eucharist and Mary (Catholic World News)
• The future Pope Francis on the relevance of St. Augustine (Catholic World News)
• The future Pope Francis: additional interviews and writings (Catholic World News)
• Pope John Paul’s example inspired Pope Francis to pray Rosary daily (Catholic World News)

March 13, 2013:

• First Apostolic Blessing, Urbi et Orbi (English text)
• Argentine Cardinal Bergoglio elected Pope Francis (Catholic World News)

Peter Mirus is a business, marketing, and technology consultant with more than 20 years of experience working with companies and nonprofits, ranging from start-ups to large international organizations. From 2004-2014 he contributed articles on the Catholic Faith, culture, and business to the CatholicCulture.org website.

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