Pope Francis asks every European parish, monastery, and religious community to welcome a single refugee family into their home, notes Brendan Busse. A flood of humanity awaits the response.
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Laudato Si — Pope Francis’s Ecology Encyclical Is Almost Here!
Henry Longbottom, SJ offers some thoughtful suggestions for how to get ready to read Pope Francis’s forthcoming encyclical.
What’s So Weird About A Jesuit Pope?
Everyone knew that a Jesuit would never, ever be pope…right? Wrong! Matt Spotts explains the weirdness.
A Pope Prays, the Digital World Pauses
Leave it to a Jesuit Pope to break the digital immediate-response cycle. Matt Spotts on how Pope Francis called us to prayer.
Condemning to Death in a Culture of Life
Pope Francis wants us to embrace a culture of life.
What American Catholics Are Really Fighting About
Arguments about Francis are usually arguments about the Church.
Pope Francis on Happiness in this Life: A TJP Book Review
Jesus tells us to hate our life in this world to preserve it for eternal life. Does Pope Francis disagree?
This is what Mass is about? Really?!
If you think Mass is boring, you’re doing it wrong.
On Women Deacons
Pope Francis called a commission to explore the possibility of ordaining women as deacons. We ask Luke Hansen, SJ to help explain to us the key issues at stake.
Border Time
Bill McCormick, SJ explains what it is like to grow up on the US-Mexico border, where “time is greater than space.”