On the eve of his election to the papacy in 2005, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger spoke of the "dictatorship of relativism." He spent the following eight years returning to the theme, explaining how, if ...

“Lumen Fidei,” Pope Francis said, would be an encyclical written “by four hands”—those of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and his own. Much of the encyclical shows the thinking of Benedict: extensive ...

The University of Dayton's School of Education and Health Sciences celebrated Catholic educators with the third annual Lumen Fidei Award dinner and reception. The 2025 Lumen Fidei Award winner is Dr.

One of the pope’s most important duties is to implement Jesus’ command to Peter to strengthen his brothers and sisters in the faith (Luke 22:32). That’s one of the reasons why it is particularly ...

America asked a selection of writers, theologians and church leaders to respond to Pope Francis’ first encyclical, Lumen Fidei. Check this page in the coming days for additional contributions. “The ...

The first encyclical of Pope Francis - with the help of Benedict XVI - highlights that prior to a crisis of faith there is a crisis of man and truth. Relativism erodes the consistency of the person, ...

There are a number of gems of wisdom that we can derive from Pope Francis' encyclical entitled "Lumen Fidei" or the The Light of Faith. We need to read and understand this very important and historic ...

Pope Francis issued his first encyclical entitled "Lumen fidei" or “The Light of Faith” today. Vatican radio described it as a work of “four hands”, begun by his predecessor, Benedict XVI, who passed ...

Yi Bin (Agenzia Fides) – To continue the spread of Holy Father Francis’ Lumen Fidei encyclical so that it reaches all: this is the commitment made on the occasion of the solemn closing of the Year of ...