Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter Laudato Sì: Reflecting One Year Later In May 2006, former US Vice President Al Gore released the groundbreaking documentary “An Inconvenient Truth.” While climate change debate has continued ever since, while concrete solutions seem to drip slower than maple sap in March. The question remains: are we willing to deal with this ...read more

It’s “Laudato si’ Week”, an anniversary movement to celebrate and implement the landmark encyclical of Pope Francis on care for our common home. As the website indicates, this week is about reflection and action; it’s about bringing the rich teachings of the document to life in our communities.  Last week I heard a wonderful story ...read more

The sun rises as people gather for an ecumenical Easter service in Scituate, Mass., March 31, 2013. (CNS photo/Jessica Rinaldi, Reuters) ...read more

A child dressed as an angel walks alongside other women during an Easter Sunday procession in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais March 31,2013. (CNS photo/Pilar Olivares, Reuters) ...read more

U.S. President John F. Kennedy, his wife, Jacqueline, and their children, Caroline and John Jr., are seen on Easter Sunday in 1963. (CNS photo/Reuters) ...read more

Young Iraqi women attend an Easter Mass at a Chaldean Catholic church in Amman, Jordan, April 24, 2011. Thousands of Iraqi Christians fled to Jordan following a spate of bombings that targeted churches in Iraqi cities in the past few years. (CNS photo/Ali Jarekji, Reuters) ...read more

Suheir Saliba, left, who is Catholic, eats cheese products to break the Lenten fast with her husband’s Greek Orthodox family on Easter in Jifna, West Bank, April 20, 2014. Christian families in the Holy Land often have members of several different religious denominations. (CNS photo/Debbie Hill) ...read more

Preschooler Zyrus Manabet, 4, displays grass students grew for their Easter baskets at Holy Name School in Ketchikan, Alaska, April 15, 2016. Students were preparing for Holy Week and Easter with lessons, prayers and activities centered on Christ’s crucifixion and resurrection. Located on Revillagigedo Island, Holy Name is the only Catholic school in the Diocese ...read more

Worshippers carry a statue of the risen Christ during an Easter procession in Escazu, Costa Rica, April 8, 2012. (CNS photo/Juan Carlos Ulate, Reuters) ...read more

Nuns hold candles during the Easter Vigil Mass in Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulcher April 7, 2012. (CNS photo/Debbie Hill) ...read more