Five years ago, Pope Francis raised consciousness about caring for our common home, writes Mark Graham. Now the Vatican must prioritize the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions before it is too late.

Francis celebrated the centenary Mass at the altar on the tomb of St. John Paul II. And for the first time since the national lockdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic, he celebrated in the presence of over 100 people.

Disallowing emergency aid to one part of an affected community and allowing it for another runs contrary to long-held social policy, Catholic education advocates said.

What that community looks like these days has changed, most notably in the inability to gather to celebrate the Sacrament of the Eucharist.

Pope Francis asked the group to ‘prepare the future’ not ‘prepare for the future.’

‘Never Have I Ever’ is a refreshing take on growing up in an immigrant family, where cultural and religious traditions are part of everyday life.

In the absence of irrefutable evidence, the public response has fallen, as with so much else in this era of polarization, along partisan lines.

Catholic leaders in several states have announced guidelines for resuming public Mass, reports Michael J. O‘Loughlin, but social-distancing practices are not going away any time soon.

Richter, born in 1932 in Dresden, is arguably the most famous living artist.

Victor Pickard wants to help “reinvent journalism” by working out a new economic model based on some sort of public subsidy for reporting outlets all over the country.