Father Zollner: Listening to victims a trademark of Pope Francis' pontificate - Catholic Review

Fernando de Haro, director of COPE's 'La Mañana Fin de Semana', has had the opportunity to talk to Bishop Luis Argüello, president of the Spanish Episcopal Conference, about the legacy left by Pope Francis and the new horizon that opens to the Church with the election of Peter's successor number 267 after the conclave that will be held imminently. Despite living in the digital age, "tens of thousands of people have wanted to approach Saint Peter…

Pope Francis transformed the Catholic Church with a leadership focused on humility, dialogue and closeness with the marginalized. There he prioritizes traveling to countries where Catholicism represents a minority. The post Pope Francis: a decade of pontificate bringing hope to lands where Catholicism is a minority appeared first on El Diario.

Listening to victims of abuse was a trademark of Pope Francis' pontificate - The Dialog

ROME — One of the world’s top experts on clerical sexual abuse, Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, said Pope Francis will be remembered as a pontiff who made listening to victims of abuse one of the trademarks of his pontificate — a habit that made him a model for other bishops and leaders in the church. “He was really listening” when he sat down with survivors of abuse. “Any leader in the church, any believer in Jesus Christ, should listen to those wh…

Father Zollner: Listening to victims a trademark of Pope Francis' pontificate - Catholic Review

ROME (OSV News) — One of the world’s top experts on clerical sexual abuse, Jesuit Father Hans Zollner, said Pope Francis will be remembered as a pontiff who made listening to victims of abuse one of the trademarks of his pontificate — a habit that made him a model for other bishops and leaders in the church. “He was really listening” when he sat down with survivors of abuse. “Any leader in the church, any believer in Jesus Christ, should listen …