California Bishops Release Pastoral Statement on Ecological Conversion

via Christopher White: Timed to mark the 4th anniversary of Laudato si’ – Pope Francis’s landmark document on the environment – the Catholic bishops of California have released a major pastoral statement calling for statewide ecological conversion. “God Calls Us All to Care for Our Common Home,” was released on Tuesday by the California Conference of Catholic Bishops,… Read More California Bishops Release Pastoral Statement on Ecological Conversion

Bishop Flores to Fellow Bishops: We Must Express Ourselves More Strongly on Migration and Human Dignity

via CNS: In less than a year, at least six children are believed to have died while in the custody of immigration officials along the border. While immigration along the U.S. southern border once involved almost exclusively men looking for work, women with children or entire families are now the ones regularly making the dangerous… Read More Bishop Flores to Fellow Bishops: We Must Express Ourselves More Strongly on Migration and Human Dignity

Pope Francis: To Overcome Hunger, Environmental Degradation, and Economic Distress, Refuse to Leave People on the Margins

via Pope Francis: In the four years since the publication of the Encyclical, there have certainly been signs of an increased awareness of the need to care for our common home. I am thinking of the adoption, by many nations, of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations Organization; a growing investment in renewable… Read More Pope Francis: To Overcome Hunger, Environmental Degradation, and Economic Distress, Refuse to Leave People on the Margins

Quote of the Day

Pope Francis: “Ecumenical and interreligious dialogue is not a luxury, but something which our world, wounded by conflict and division, increasingly needs.”