Dispatches

Over the last few weeks I 39 ve been talking by phone 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 Among those I rsquo ve spoken to have been a number of California rsquo s bishop

In Quito on the last day of his visit to Ecuador Pope Francis made a passionate appeal for social justice and called on Catholics ldquo to be builders of unity rdquo and ldquo to work for inclusivity at every level to avoid forms of selfishness to build communication and dialogue and to encou

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

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

GUAYAQUIL A million people from Ecuador and neighboring countries interrupted Pope Francis several times with enthusiastic applause as he delivered an inspiring and encouraging homily on the family and assured them that thanks to Jesus ldquo the best wine is yet to come rdquo He offered this enc

‘This pope has the courage to speak out.’

The Greek referendum result is a dramatic watershed moment in European political history.

QUITO ldquo I thank God for having allowed me to return to Latin America and to be here with you today in this beautiful land of Ecuador rdquo With these words a visibly happy Pope greeted the Ecuadorian people and then went onto appeal for dialogue and nbsp reconciliation in the land soon aft

The significance of this mounting and rapidly developing Greek tragedy most politicians in Europe agree is its likely effect on the stability of the single currency the beleaguered euro if not on the whole European project itself If there is a Greek exit the vaunted ldquo Grexit rdquo from

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