Long before Pope Francis articulated in “Laudato Si’” a comprehensive Catholic call to care for the physical environment, Agape members were focused on treading lightly on the earth and combining a contemplative lifestyle with frontline environmental and peace activism.

Being human does not get any harder than when there is a rupture between meaning and love

'We don’t talk enough about people’s struggles with the rosary. What can we do to help them?'

Sainthood for Black Elk could help the inclusion of indigenous Americans within the Catholic Church, but it also raises questions about the church's role in erasing Lakota culture.

Lots of people get crusty as they age. Only the saints get slippery.

I struggle with how to think of this little being whose life outside the womb was not to be.