Care for Creation — Advent is the perfect time to reflect on our lifestyles
byIt has been nearly 10 years since I first read “Laudato Si’,” one of the most significant writings of our times about changing our…
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Sacred Heart encyclical hailed as a ‘simple and powerful cure’ to rekindle love
byBy Gina Christian, OSV News Pope Francis’ new encyclical on the Sacred Heart of Jesus is being hailed as “a simple and powerful cure”…
Only love will save humanity, pope says in encyclical on Sacred Heart
byBy Carol Glatz, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — A world that has become “heartless” and indifferent to greed and war, and a Catholic Church in…
Ascension pastor details ‘green’ initiatives
byBy Jessica Able, Record Staff Writer As Pope Francis released his eagerly anticipated encyclical “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home” June 18,…
Editorial — Do you hear the bell toll?
byIt’s time to set aside arguments about climate change and its causes. There’s no doubt that people are suffering because of changing weather patterns…
Editorial — The pope is a phenomenon
byIt may well be that the world and the church have in the past seen a pope become a social phenomenon. But it seems…