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JOY SPRINGS FROM A GREATFUL HEART
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LOOKING BACK AT POPE FRANCIS' REMARKABLE PONTIFICATE
The first pope from the Global South, the pope challenged those of us in the wealthy Western nations to examine our lives and our luxuries, especially the luxury of endless debates about what does and does not make one a good Catholic. "Todos, todos, todos," became a theme of his ecclesiological vision, but he never failed to remind us that in the kingdom of God, it is the Lazaruses of the world (cf. Luke 16:19-31), the poor and forgotten who are privileged and that it remains easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into heaven.
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POPE FRANCIS, CHARISMATIC REFORMER AND DISRUPTOR
Pope Francis sought to be a bridge maker as he led the Catholic Church in a time of deep polarization. He leaves behind a church still divided, but radically transformed.
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FRANCIS CALLED THE CHURCH TO A CONCERN FOR THE POOR AND MARGINALIZED
Pope Francis leaves a justice-centered legacy that placed the marginalized at the heart of the church's mission. Rather than revising church teaching directly, he sought instead to create collective process for the entire church to discern whether, and how, to change.
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SAINT LUCY FILIPPINI