Friday, October 4, 20130221Making his first pilgrimage as pope to the birthplace of his papal namesake, Pope Francis called on the whole church to imitate St. Francis of Assisi, embracing poverty and stripping itself of the "spirit of world."
Soon the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi will be upon us. Many people view this saint to be a patron of nature and of human cooperation in preserving the natural resources of the planet. One of the proposals in past years was for followers of St. Francis to strive to make a smaller carbon footprint on Earth by using less power from...
Thursday, July 25, 20130102Pope Francis addressed a group of recovering drug addicts in a working-class neighborhood of Rio, offering them a message of compassion and hope as well as a call to self-determination.