On Pope Francis’s Birthday, he gives a gift to the Church

Today, December 17, is Pope Francis’s 86th birthday, and earlier today the Vatican announced that the 17th-century Jesuit Matteo Ricci has been declared “Venerable” by the Church. He is now two steps away from canonization (beatification is the next step). This declaration means that the “heroic virtue” of this famous missionary to China has been […]

On Pope Francis’s Birthday, he gives a gift to the Church