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Blog - Posts from 2015
Jun 29, 2015, 6:55 PM
Meghan Clark, Ph.D.
Throughout Laudato Si’, Pope Francis echoes his namesake Francis of Assisi. It begins with a prayer of praise and lament; it begins placing ourselves in relationship before God. “Praise be to…
Jun 25, 2015, 3:21 PM
Electric shocks. Beatings and whippings. Water-boarding. Rape. Hanging from chains. All these are examples of torture. Unfortunately, these methods and others like them are still practiced today by many countries, most often in places of detention,…
Jun 23, 2015, 2:11 PM
When Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected pope, he chose the name Francis for a reason. He wanted to take his inspiration from St. Francis, the man who loved peace, the poor and God’s creation. His encyclical, Laudato Si’, embodies those…
Jun 22, 2015, 4:02 PM
In light of Father’s Day, I’ve been thinking about some of the good values my father instilled in me: to work hard, earn your way in the world, and save your money. Beginning at age 12, not working and not saving were not options in my…
Jun 19, 2015, 5:58 PM
Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), responded to the shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, with “grief and deep…
Jun 18, 2015, 6:26 PM
“‘Laudato Si’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord.’” So opens Pope Francis’ much-anticipated ecology encyclical, a hopeful meditation on God’s creative love that calls…
Jun 17, 2015, 1:10 PM
After checking in with security, the officer led us through the main gate to his car for the trip to the prison-inside-a-prison. We had driven through much of Athens, Greece—a modern city with large, preserved displays of her ancient,…
Jun 15, 2015, 3:19 PM
Anthony Granado
Richard Coll
Stories emerge daily illustrating how complex, and at times desperate, the situation in Mexico is becoming. A culture of violence with attacks on human life and a prevalence of…
Jun 10, 2015, 1:01 PM
Last week the world witnessed two important elections that demonstrate Africa’s struggle to instate and protect the rule of law and accountable democratic governance. The recent elections in Nigeria and the upcoming process in Burundi are a…
Jun 9, 2015, 2:55 AM
Ashley Feasley, USCCB
June 12th is the World Day against Child Labor. The most recent global estimates suggest some 120 million children between the ages of 5 and 14 are involved in child labor, with boys and girls in this age group almost equally…
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