On the solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul last month, Francis gave a homily in St. Peter’s Basilica for the occasion of the blessing of the sacred palliums for the new metropolitan archbishops. In his homily, Pope [...]
“Pope Francis says earth resembles ‘an immense pile of filth.’” When Pope Francis published his encyclical Laudato Si’ on June 18, much of the immediate media coverage focused on this passage and other colorful [...]
More than 300 representatives of Catholic social service organizations and parishes from across the country came out in force at Catholic University this month to answer Pope Francis’s urgent call to end human [...]
With the posting of my first blog, I think it might be useful for readers to understand a little bit about my background. I have been on the faculty of the National Catholic School of Social Service for 12 years. Before [...]
As members of The Catholic University of America community prepare to welcome Pope Francis to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and the University campus, many are looking back fondly on [...]
