"I believe that given the crises we face today we have a responsibility to play our part and lead where we can. … I feel this ...

Pope Francis' Laudato Si' offers a contemporary vision of the whole world being wrapped up in, and expressive of, God's unmerited, ongoing offer of love. Paul Melley offers his own musical compostion ...

Explore religious figures shaping global events in 2025. From influential leaders to rising voices, this four-part series ...

Credit: Courtney Mares/CNA At the heart of the Borgo Laudato Si’ is a commitment to social justice. “A specific request of Pope Francis is that this place be a home for people in a vulnerable ...

The Week of Prayer for Christian Unity began January 18. Once a major obstacle for other Christian churches, the primacy of ...

Clearly, Pope Francis’ 2015 Laudato Si call has been drowned out by the festive revelry/ worship of the Sinulog attendees. Who remembered/who heard this? “The earth herself, burdened and laid ...

Rome — Pope Francis fell Thursday and hurt his right arm, the Vatican said, just weeks after another apparent fall resulted in a bad bruise on his chin. Francis didn't break his arm, but a sling ...

One of Pope Francis’ lasting reforms will be his reshaping of the papacy to embrace simplicity and humility, as seen in his decisions to live in a Vatican guesthouse and carry his own briefcase ...

Shouldn’t the Catholic Church in Cebu City, Quiapo and elsewhere in the Philippines and throughout the world be the committed advocates of Laudato Si, Pope Francis’ Encyclical on the Environment?