via AP: Pope Francis on Monday spoke by satellite with audiences in Chicago, Los Angeles and McAllen, Texas ahead of his upcoming US visit. The Pope asked a Chicago girl to sing after she spoke about using music to find comfort from bullying.
Today is the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. Here is a prayer from the closing of Laudato Si for those who are participating: God of love, show us our place in this world as channels of your love for all the creatures of this earth, for not one of them is… Read More Prayer for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation
Check out this great video from the USCCB and CRS on creation care, featuring Fr. James Martin, Dr. Carolyn Woo, and Cardinal Peter Turkson:
Check out these recent articles from around the web: American Dream not complete yet by Kara Ayers: “People with disabilities are able to live, work, love, and play in our community more than ever before. Still, there’s so much work to be done.” In Nigeria, Boko Haram is an equal opportunity terrorist group by Inés… Read More Around the Web (Part 2)
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Man Cannot Live by Values Alone by David Lapp: “The lack of a good union and the lack of a just wage—problems that have plagued Lance in his work history—are arguably symptoms of “shareholder capitalism.”…When the worker is effectively treated as a means to an end,… Read More Around the Web (Part 1)
Pope Francis once again spoke about the need to move away from a legalistic mindset and to live out the faith in our daily lives, rather than growing complacent because we attend mass: “The literal observance of precepts,” explained Pope Francis, “will be fruitless if [said observance] does not change the heart and does not… Read More Pope Francis: Catholic Hypocrites Offer Counter-Witness, Bring Scandal
Millennial editor Robert Christian has a new article at Crux. He writes: While Laudato Si’ builds upon decades of Catholic social teaching, the duty to care for creation that is rooted in Biblical commands, and the strong statements of his most immediate predecessors, Pope Francis provides, via his encyclical, real urgency on the need to… Read More The Pope Wants Concrete Action on Climate Change and Protecting Creation
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