Pope Francis’s encyclical on the environment, Laudato Si’ (“Praise Be to You”), continues this pope’s tactical tour de force of disarming the Roman Catholic Church’s traditional ...

The battle between the Roman Catholic hierarchy and dissident priests over Pope Paul’s anti-contraception encyclical continues. Last week the major scene of conflict was Washington, D.C., where ...

These words from Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and a key adviser to the encyclical of Pope Francis, posed an urgent challenge to the packed audience ...

Until the mission to the Holy Land of Saint Helen, mother to the holy Emperor Constantine, who ended persecution against Christians and called the First Ecumenical Council. The finding of this sacred ...

While knowing how to act with creation can be clear for some, for others knowing the right thing to do can be fuzzy. Our ...

The outrageousness of Donald Trump's comments about Springfield, Ohio, did not prevent a refocusing of his supporters' ...

Green nuns. Green sisters. Even "eco-nuns." Throughout America -- and indeed, the world -- thousands of religious sisters are ...

An event advocating for the treaty was organized as part of the Season of Creation, an event observed annually by Christian ...

In his encyclical "Evangelium Vitae" (The Gospel of Life) issued March 25, 1995 after four years of consultations with the world's Roman Catholic bishops, John Paul II wrote that execution is only ...

Special Masses are celebrated in Catholic churches throughout the world marking the Season of Creation, Sept. 1 to Oct. 4, ...

Then the encyclical Ecclesia de Eucharistia followed, which leads us to the “source” and “height” of Christian life, inviting us to renew our fervor in the celebration and adoration of the ...