A deeper dive on ‘Amoris Laetitia’ is planned for the World Meeting of Families, to be held in Dublin in August 2018.
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Why is climate change a moral issue?
From 2017: Policies that fail to protect our planet are not only against Catholic teaching but are also immoral.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Video
Three reasons why caring for the environment is a moral issue
Here’s what Pope Francis and Catholic social teaching have to say about climate change.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Francis is the third-best leader in the world, according to Fortune
The pope was bested by a sports figure and an e-commerce firm chairperson.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Francis: Protecting Iraqi civilians is non-negotiable
Francis greeted an interfaith group of Iraqis in St. Peter’s Square and issued a special appeal for peace in Iraq at the end of his general audience.
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Global peace demands an end to nuclear weapons, Pope Francis tells U.N.
A number of nations—many of which already possess nuclear arms—were boycotting the negotiations to ban such weapons.
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Pope Francis to children: Promise Jesus you will never be a bully
The pope asked 45,000 children to be silent and reflect on if there were times when they made fun of someone for how they looked or behaved.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis visits Milan, urges Catholics to live in “hospitality and mercy toward everyone”
Pope Francis, in Milan on March 25, sought to strengthen their faith and to address the dissatisfaction among young people and families due to economic difficulties, which creates fertile soil for populist movements.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis sees hope for European Union, urges leaders to return to roots
Pope Francis said opportunity can come by restoring “the pillars” on which the union was first founded.
Posted inJesuitical, Politics & Society
Is Pope Francis subtweeting Donald Trump? Ep. 5
Four years ago this month, the Argentine cardinal (and Jesuit) Jorge Bergoglio became Pope Francis. Michael O’Loughlin, America‘s national correspondent and author of The Tweetable Pope: A Spiritual Revolution in 140 Characters, has been covering this historic papacy ever since. This week on jesuitical, we ask Mike who has a better Twitter game: Pope Francis or President […]