During my pilgrimage I wanted to learn and discover more about God.

For 80 years, the pope who was born Giovanni Battista Montini, simply trusted in God and placed his hope in Him and because of that, he hoped “for good things,” like “lasting joy and mercy.” 

Like Pope Francis, Oliver’s poetry invites readers to let the distractions of our modern, constant motion, hyper-stimulated world fall away from time to time, to enter into that quiet place of contemplation and gratitude that waits in the world all around us.

Group erects statue of “Baphomet,” a goat-headed god, in Detroit.

Scientific observations from our Biblical ancestors

Statements that refer to “the bishops” often belie a diverse and complex reality.