Looking back at a life-giving encyclical on The World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation

There is contention on whether or this is good news or bad news for the church.

Perhaps it is no accident that, after opening his encyclical letter "Laudato Si’" with a quote from St. Francis of Assisi’s famous Canticle of the Creatures, Pope Francis cites Pope St. John XXIII’s encyclical "Pacem in Terris" (1963) as the model for his audien

Church leaders should give a black-and-white answer on the death penalty.

The way of life that St. Francis envisioned was just to live the Gospel.

A Lenten reflection on the collective sins of racism, violence and environmental destruction.

Jan. 31, 2015, would have marked the 100th birthday of the American Trappist monk and author Thomas Merton.

The term ldquo complementarity rdquo has been referenced frequently this week on social media and in traditional media as the Vatican hosts an international interreligious conference bearing the title ldquo The Complementarity of Man and Woman An International Colloquium rdquo The aim of the

Among the subjects of debate and ostensible controversy that arose during the 2014 Synod on the Family and continue in its wake, one in particular captured my attention: whether doctrine can change or develop. The answer is: it certainly does develop. It always has.One of the synod participants, Car

Augustine’s vision of life before the Fall looks a lot like world in which 'The Giver' opens.