We realized in the new encyclical, "Laudato Si,'" what people haven’t talked about much is that Pope Francis has over 30 paragraphs that talk about politics and the role of politics. He speaks about creating an economy of inclusion. We realized that you can’t have an economy of inclusion without a

The Rule of St. Benedict, like aged sherry, is an acquired taste. Wisdom Distilled from the Daily not only gave me a taste of The Rule’s timeless wisdom, but a hunger and thirst for it.

A small central Illinois community reflects big challenges for the pope

There is no standard procedure, no moral road map, for those left behind.

Their offering of Gregorian chant, Marian hymns and prayers and sung passages from The Rule of St. Benedict, has topped the Billboard charts in classical traditional music for several weeks in a row, captivating listeners far beyond this monastery’s walls.

If you attend Mass in Chicago, you might encounter a blind lector reading the day’s Scripture from a Braille lectionary while accompanied at the altar by a guide dog. You might receive communion from a eucharistic minister seated in a wheelchair. Through the SPRED (Special Religious Education)

'Let’s make sure we don’t make our prayer too antiseptic.'

When I returned home in 1994 from a two-year posting as a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal I felt called to do something with my life other than journalism I just didn rsquo t know what A friend suggested I read Kathleen Norris rsquo Dakota A Spiritual Geography There rolled

We can change the negative attitudes, self-images and behaviors that hold us back.

The national Catholic community is remembering Cardinal Francis George who passed away Friday as a man of nbsp intelligence scholarship and leadership skills ndash with an often acerbic wit and penchant for controversial comments But for many of Chicago rsquo s 2 3 million Catholics George