In “Patris Corde” Pope Francis wrote that “St. Joseph was called by God to serve the person and mission of Jesus directly through the exercise of his fatherhood.”

Pope Francis was able to lead the Angelus from his hospital room July 11 as he recovers from intestinal surgery, the Vatican said.

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It was reading the RSV-CE version of this Sunday’s Gospel that shook me awake. In that translation, Jesus says, “Come away by yourselves to a lonely place, and rest a while” (my emphasis added). I realized two things: I had not come to this place by myself. I was interiorly holding on to all the people and places and worries and connections that I had left behind in Baton Rouge... and the word “lonely” was, to be honest, scary.

VATICAN CITY (CNA) - Pope Francis is scheduled to lead the Angelus from his hospital room July 11 as he recovers from intestinal surgery, the Vatican said. The pope was at Rome’s Gemelli University Hospital after undergoing a July 4 operation to remove part of his colon.

VATICAN CITY (CNA) - Pope Francis is recovering from his colon surgery in the same hospital room where John Paul II was treated throughout his pontificate. The Vatican said July 6, two days after the operation, that the pope had “rested well overnight” and his routine follow-up examinations were good.

Imagine leaving your house with nothing in your hands. Yes, you wouldn’t have the bags and burdens you usually carry to weigh you down, but you also would have no comforts or protection. Having nothing forces one to become totally dependent on the Lord to get him or her where he or she needs to go, be fed and find shelter. It’s easy to imagine this and resort back to a life of physical, emotional and spiritual burden. You could tell yourself, “At least these burdens protect my pride…” but at what cost? Hindering your freedom and the ability to radically trust?

Pope Francis has “reacted well” to a surgery he underwent at a Rome hospital July 4 to relieve stricture of the colon caused by diverticulitis, the Holy See Press Office stated.