via Crux: Pope Francis today said he is “honored” by the fact that a group of conservative, right-leaning Catholics from the United States attack him. The pope was speaking aboard a papal flight to Mozambique, the first stop of a three-nation swing through Africa, when he was presented a new book on conservative opposition to… Read More Pope Francis on Right-Wing Ideologues’ Attacks: ‘It’s an Honor that Americans are Attacking Me’

via Mike Lewis: Recent remarks by Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, captured on audio, prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Burke explicitly rejects the revised teaching on the death penalty in Catechism #2267 and urges catechists not to accept or teach the change that Pope Francis has mandated…. Perhaps Burke hasn’t spoken explicitly against Pope Francis’s… Read More The Open, Sophomoric Dissent of Alt-Catholics’ Favorite Cardinal

Pope Francis: “Young people, dream, rise up, take risks, look at life with a new smile, go forwards, do not be fearful!”

Oceans contain the bulk of our planet’s water supply, and also most of the immense variety of living creatures, many of which are threatened for various reasons. Creation is a project of love given by God to humanity. Our solidarity with the ‘common home’ is born from our faith. Let us pray this month that… Read More Pope Francis’ Prayer Intentions for September 2019: Protecting the Oceans

via Zenit: Jesus makes it clear that it is not a question of number, there is no “quota,” in Paradise! But it is a question of crossing the right path, which exists, for everyone , but it is narrow. That is the question. Jesus does not want to deceive us, saying: “Yes, rest assured, it is easy,… Read More Pope Francis: Titles and Connections Don’t Count for Salvation, Only the Demanding Path of Love

“What kind of world do we want to leave for the future? Let us leave a world with families. Let us care for our families, because they are true schools for the future, spaces of freedom, and centers of humanity. And let us reserve a special place in our families for individual and communal prayer.… Read More Pope Francis’ Prayer Intentions for August 2019: For Families

Bishop Robert W. McElroy of the Diocese of San Diego delivered the opening keynote address at the inaugural “Laudato Si’ and the U.S. Catholic Church” conference, at Creighton University, in Omaha, Nebraska. Here are some highlights of his speech: Perceiving in the recesses of our soul the magnificence of the world that God has created… Read More Laudato Si Is a Call to Arms for Those Who Would Rescue Our Bruised Planet From Depletion and Destruction