Check out Pope Francis’ Message to the Americas for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe: Tomorrow is the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Patroness of the Americas. I would like to greet all my brothers and sisters on that continent, and I do so thinking of the Virgin of Tepeyac. When Our… Read More Pope’s Message to the Americas for the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Pope Francis’ recently released apostolic exhortation Evangelli Gaudium is an extraordinary document that is filled with wisdom. There are countless insights, some of which are contained in a single sentence, that are worthy of deep and serious reflection. This is true of his treatment of abortion, which is brief but nevertheless important. Pope Francis’ approach… Read More Pro-life Progressives Have an Ally in ‘Person of the Year’ Pope Francis
Check out Millennial writer Billy Kangas‘ post from Patheos’ The Orant on how Pope Francis has inspired him personally: Francis has offered me words of such great hope this year. He has helped remind me over and over of why I joined the Church and I am so grateful that I have been blessed enough to… Read More Billy Kangas on Pope Francis, His Personal Person of the Year
What a wonderful reaction we are seeing from people of all faiths to the announcement that Pope Francis has been named Time’s Person of the Year. Of course the pope’s real accomplishment is not an award, but the lives he has transformed by being the ‘People’s Pope’ and God’s humble servant. Hopefully this attention will… Read More Pope Francis is the Person of the Year
Today Pope Francis launched a wave of prayer, as part of a global campaign against hunger. He is calling us to prayer and action on behalf of “the God-given right of everyone to have access to adequate food.” From CRS: At noon local time, a global wave of prayer will begin on the island of… Read More Time to Shake the World and End Hunger
President Obama spoke at length about the economy last Wednesday, focusing in particular on the disturbing economic inequality that exists today in the United States. He described: “a dangerous and growing inequality and lack of upward mobility that has jeopardized middle-class America’s basic bargain that if you work hard, you have a chance to get… Read More The Pope and the President Tackle Inequality and How We Should Respond
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Evaluating the status of the Millennium Development Goals by Kevin Clarke, US Catholic: “There will be much more to do after 2015, but for the first time in human history a serious case can be made that extreme poverty and the degradations and suffering which accompany… Read More Around the Web
