20 September 2013

Joshua Mercer on Learning from the Pope’s Personal Approach

“What if you answered your phone and it was Pope Francis on the line?

“It’s an amusing thought that the pope might place a call to an ordinary Catholic, but this isn’t a fairy tale. It's already happened several times since Pope Francis began his pontificate in March.

“A 35-year old single mother named Anna recently wrote a letter to Pope Francis asking for advice. She had carried on an affair with a married man and had become pregnant by him. The man refused to take any responsibility for his unborn child and instead had pressured her to abort his baby.”

In a recent commentary, Joshua Mercer, Director of Communications of CatholicVote.org, reflected on the example of Pope Francis in letting our human relationships to be governed by a spirit of interior humility and simplicity.

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Catholic Pulse: “The Pope Is on Line 1”: What Catholics Can Learn From the Holy Father’s Personal Approach (10 SEP 13)

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