A Finger Pointing to the Moon: A Eulogy for Pope Francis
The following eulogy was delivered on Tuesday, April 29 by Anna Robertson, Director of Distributed Organizing for Discerning Deacons, during a memorial Mass for Pope Francis hosted by local Jesuit Works and the St. Joseph and St. Therese Parish Family. You can watch a video of Anna delivering the eulogy here or below the text […]
A Pope Who Knelt to Serve: Honoring Francis’ Diaconal Legacy
Pope Francis began his papacy by kneeling. It was Holy Thursday, just three weeks after his election in 2013. While tradition would have placed him at the grand Basilica of St. John Lateran, Pope Francis chose instead to go to a youth prison on the outskirts of Rome. There, in a concrete chapel at Casal […]