May 8, 2025 A New Pontiff after Pope Francis The questions being asked, will the new Pope continue moving a doctrinaire Church into facing the challenges of the modern world….
Category: Catholic Church
Bad Week for the Global Anti-Nuke Movement

This week we take another look at the anti-nuclear weapon movement from the perspective of America magazine, the Catholic journal that has special relevance as the first Jesuit pontiff of Catholics is moving the Church’s formal position on nuclear weapons actively toward ‘abolition’ and a legal, international ban on nuclear weapons
Laudato Si / eco-encyclical / 2015

A first-of-its-kind ‘eco-encyclical’ and much anticipated and discussed address to over one billion Catholics… doctrine and thoughts of Pope Francis on an “integral ecology”… Laudato Si’ ~ On Care for Our Common Home “brings into dialogue all people, organizations and institutions that share this same concern”….