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"The women problem" in Laudato Si' is nothing new. The failure to centralize, regard and learn from women and their experiences abounds in Catholic theology and ecclesial realities. In the next ...
For many women religious, the Laudato Si’ Action Platform is an opportunity to be creative, writes Kathleen Bonnette, ... Now Congress must pass stronger labor protections.
Laudato Si' has inspired movement — just not enough. The next decade must be different. Read this next: 10 NCR editorials call for climate action from US bishops, ordinary Catholics and beyond ...
“Laudato Si” is also ... as a holy and precious gift from God to be reverenced by all men and women. ... that began with Leo XIII’s “Rerum Novarum,” on capital and labor, ...
However, every assessment should include a discussion of Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home, his 2015 encyclical on climate change. In many ways, it’s a remarkable document.
COMMENTARY: If ‘everything is connected,’ we cannot uphold the Holy Father’s teaching on respecting the integrity of creation while rejecting the givenness of our sexually-differentiated bodies.
If “Laudato Si’” leans heavily on critique, it is because it attempts to provoke conscience, not offer a climate policy white paper. Its goal is conversion, not consensus.
If you want to know how an encyclical like Pope Francis’ Laudato Si’ works its way through the Catholic Church, take a look at the latest number of Our Sunday Visitor, the venerable weekly ...
Ad Policy Pope Francis presides with the College of Cardinals for the opening of the General Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on October 4, 2023, in Vatican City. (Antonio Masiello ...
The late pope's climate change encyclical, 'Laudato Si,' is more relevant than ever. Commentary: Pope Francis was a climate hero. Trump's reign gives his words extra meaning - Los Angeles Times ...
It’s been five years since the promulgation of Pope Francis’s encyclical, Laudato Si’. The timing of the anniversary couldn’t be more fitting for those reflecting on the shape of an ...
As the church prepares for the papal conclave, the world is assessing Francis’s legacy and his stance on the role of women in the church, LGBTQ+ rights and the needs of migrants and refugees. However, ...