For the past few weeks I have been going through something I would like to dramatically describe as “papal withdrawal.” It was such an unimaginable experience to have Pope Francis on our campus, and in our country. I [...]
In this last of my blogs about Pope Francis, I want to express that Pope Francis’s visit to the United States makes clear that he is certainly a pope for social workers. He met with prisoners and called them brothers. He [...]
The month of September always includes two closely related events to which people who are interested in addressing poverty pay careful attention. The first event is Labor Day, our national holiday to celebrate the social [...]
He is often called the “people’s pope” and that couldn’t have been more evident than when Pope Francis arrived on CUA’s campus just before 4:00 pm on Wednesday, Sept. 23. The crowd of 25,000 worshippers seated and [...]
After months of preparation, involving thousands of people from the University community, more than 25,000 people flocked to the campus of The Catholic University of America Sept. 23 to hear Pope Francis deliver a [...]
