Survey: Pope Francis is still popular in US, but warm feelings waning among conservatives
RNS Five years after Pope Francis ascended to the papacy, a new survey of US Catholics reports that most still harbor warm feelings toward the pontiff — but his popularity is waning among political conservatives. According to a new study from the Pew Research Center, the first Latin American pope retains a soaring 84 per […]
Pope Francis: “I too know moments of emptiness”
RNS Just days ahead of the fourth anniversary of his pontificate on 13th March, the Pope acknowledged he had “spiritual dark moments” in his life during periods of crisis. In a wide-ranging interview published on 9th March 9 in Germany’s Die Zeit weekly, the Pontiff acknowledged: “I too know moments of emptiness”. “One cannot grow […]