Its sheer size suggests the wisdom — although probably the futility, too — of Pope Francis’s plea that his apostolic exhortation “on love in the family” be read “patiently and ...

Were you surprised by the apostolic exhortation? Thomas D. Stegman, SJ: No, I was not surprised. The exhortation certainly reiterates the need for the local church (in this case, in the Amazon) to ...

(Photo: Rolando Mailo/Wikimedia Commons) “I intend to prepare an apostolic Exhortation dedicated to children,” Pope Francis announced at the end of the International Summit on the Protection of ...

An apostolic exhortation written by Pope Francis made international headlines in February, but not of the sort that many Francis supporters were expecting. Last fall, a proposal that would have ...

Apostolic Exhortation on Jesus Christ and the Peoples of Oceania: Walking His Way, Telling His Truth, Living His Life Pope John Paul II Rome, November 22, 2001 Reference to Mary: paragraph 5 and 53, ...

A Catholic's vocation is to bring God to every aspect of one's life: to work, the family and serving the community, Pope ...

The Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez of Argentina, in his response, referred to Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation "Amoris Laetitia ...

On Tuesday, the pope released his first official papal manifesto, Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel), a 224-page apostolic exhortation laying out his vision of where the Catholic Church ...