VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Like his predecessors, Pope Francis repeatedly has encouraged the faithful to 'go against the tide' to follow Jesus.
Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis all have spoken about the resolve needed to go against the dominant current of secularism or 'worldliness' and to avoid the deceptive and tempting pull of a superficial or hypocritical life.
But, according to Pope Francis, it takes courage and the grit of a 'revolutionary' not only to follow Christ in today's wor