Vatican City, Jan 30, 2011 / 11:10 am. The Beatitudes offer a “new program of life” and demand a discipleship through which people today can open themselves up to what is truly good, Pope ...

Pope Francis spoke on the paradox of the beatitudes in his Sunday Angelus address on Feb. 13, saying that the defining characteristic of a disciple of Jesus is joy.

The Pope said that the beatitudes make up “the path of holiness, and it is the same path of happiness. It is the path Jesus has taken; indeed, Jesus himself is this path.” ...

The beatitudes are a path to joy and true happiness mapped out by Jesus for all of humanity, Pope Francis said. "It is difficult not to be touched by these words," the pope said Jan. 29 during his ...

Pope Francis speaks during his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Jan. 29, 2020. (Credit: Paul Haring/CNS.) “It is difficult not to be touched by these words,” the pope said Jan ...