On Thursday May 29 the U S Conference of Catholic Bishops U S C C B published a letter to Environmental Protection Agency E P A Administrator Gina McCarthy about the agency rsquo s carbon emission standards for existing power plants The letter highlights several principles of Catholic Socia

When you grow up Catholic you learn early on that Sunday Mass is non-negotiable Unless you are dying or certifiably contagious you go to Mass I was in school before I had a friend who was not Catholic and whose denominational road to salvation did not mandate Sunday attendance My first thought

On May 28 at the age of 86 Dr Maya Angelou renowned poet and writer died Hers was sometimes a tragic life but also one filled with wonder and surprises nbsp Born in St Louis in 1928 Angelou moved to Stamps Arkansas when she was three After being sexually assaulted at the age of eight t

Cambridge MA Last week I drew your attention to the 50th anniversary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and noted some key documents that mark the occasion Pope Francis rsquo Message sent on the occasion of the 50th anniversary Rev Fr Miguel ngel Ayuso Guixot 50 Years

This is from our file on quot news that is generating a lot of speculation but we don 39 t know what to make of it mdash yet quot nbsp In an interview with AsiaNews nbsp the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople nbsp Bartholomew I nbsp nonchalantly noted nbsp that we meaning himself and Pope

U.S. Bishops Urge Action On Carbon Pollution To Stem Climate Change