The family is a ‘domestic Church’ where we learn to love and serve others, to show gratitude not greed, and to ask forgiveness when we have caused harm. That was the theme Pope Francis’ homily at Mass in Ecuador’s main commercial city of Guayaquil, located on the Pacific coas

Over the last few weeks I 39 ve been reaching out to a wide variety of prominent Catholics in California getting their reactions to quot Laudato Si rsquo quot This week I 39 m posting some of their responses nbsp California Governor Jerry Brown has spent his entire life in public service A

Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si’” is a great and timely gift to humanity. To avoid a catastrophic collision of the world economy and environment, humanity urgently needs to change the trajectory and functioning of the world economy. Yet the world economic system is a jug

'This pope has the courage to speak out.'

Pope Francis returns with joy to Latin America this Sunday July 5 and is expected to be given a rapturous welcome by millions of people during his seven-day visit to Ecuador Bolivia and Paraguay On the eve of his departure he went to the Basilica of St Mary Major rsquo s in Rome to pray before t

Cardinal Peter Turkson President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace took ldquo Laudato Si rsquo rdquo on the road presenting the ldquo green encyclical rdquo from Pope Francis to a packed audience during a special conference at the United Nations on June 30 nbsp Turkson told hi

The path forward can happen only through love and openness to one another.

We called them ldquo Lightning Bugs rdquo though I think we might also have said ldquo Fireflies rdquo Hard to remember It rsquo s been half a century since I went hunting for them They rsquo d appear this time of the year flickering above the grass of the lawn as the last light of a long

Cape Cod MA Pope Francis rsquo magnificent encyclical quot Laudato Si 39 quot has already been widely commented on and receiving careful analysis from many angles It will of course be a topic of conversation material for study and implementation globally in dioceses and parishes as a

Francis is inviting more than half the human race to share in this prayer together.