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January 12, 2015 | posted by Catholic News Agency

As Pope Francis stated in a recent interview that love for the poor is not communism, but the Gospel, one of the interview’s co-authors asks if the current economic system is “the best possible,” and encourages a discussion of the question. Andrea Tornielli and Giacomo Galeazzi’s interview with Pope Francis was published at the end of their book “Papa Francesco: questa economia uccide” (‘Pope Francis: this economy kills’), recently released in Italian. Tornielli is encouraging discussion of the issue because, he says, “raising the question does not mean being a communist.”

January 08, 2015 | posted by Catholic News Agency

With a style that meets the need for a new missionary zeal, Pope Francis is representative of the new evangelization, says one theologian and guest speaker for the upcoming annual gathering of Ratzinger’s former students.

January 07, 2015 | posted by Aid to the Church in Need

Catholic participation in refugee and humanitarian relief in the Syrian civil war is strengthening a foundation for future peace despite the great difficulties of the region, says an official of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum.

January 07, 2015 | posted by Catholic News Agency

Pope Francis marked the feast day of Saint Stephen on Dec. 26, noting that the martyrdom of the early Church saint helps prevent the Christmas season from being reduced to a trivial celebration.