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Category Archives: Catholic Social Teaching
Lib-Dem leader’s resignation ‘heralds new intolerance’
The decision on Wednesday night by the leader of the Liberal-Democrat party, Tim Farron, to stand down under pressure from party colleagues and the media over his evangelical Christian convictions, has been widely commented on as evidence of a new … Continue reading
New Vatican department for ‘human development’ promotes battlefield-hospital Church
[Austen Ivereigh] Pope Francis has created a major new Vatican dicastery, or department, that brings together the work of four existing councils under one roof. Although the move had been announced earlier this summer, neither its name nor its head … Continue reading
Pope calls for Church to communicate mercy — and for communication to be merciful
Please see below the full text of the Pope’s message for the 50th World Communications Day, celebrated each year on the Sunday before Pentecost (this year it will be on 8 May). World Communications Day was established by Paul VI after the Second … Continue reading
Pope Francis calls for end to death penalty & amnesty for ‘illegal’ migrants
[Austen Ivereigh] Governments should abolish the death penalty, and consider setting prisoners free and giving undocumented migrants a pathway to citizenship, Pope Francis says in his message for the World Day of Peace, which he has strongly linked to the Jubilee of Mercy. … Continue reading
From the synod (13) Cardinal Turkson’s address linking family to Laudato Si’
The following is the text of the brief synod address by Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice & Peace, in response to paragraphs 142 and 143 of the Instrumentum Laboris relating to ‘The Home and Integral … Continue reading
Francis declares 1 September ‘World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation’
Pope Francis has agreed with a request from the Orthodox for Catholics to join them in praying for creation on 1 September. The suggestion was made by Metropolitan John of Pergamon, who was part of the panel presenting Laudato Si’ … Continue reading
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Changing our lives in the light of Laudato Si’: Catholic Voices launches campaign
In response to Pope Francis’s powerful encyclical Laudato Si’, Catholic Voices groups across the world are calling for ideas and suggestions to absorb its lessons and put it into practice in our lives — as individuals, as members of church communities, … Continue reading
Laudato Si’: a summary of Pope Francis’s sweeping eco-encyclical
[Pope Francis’s encyclical Praised Be You: On the Care of Our Common Home is available in full here. A brief, ’10 things you need to know’ video by Fr James Martin is here. Humanum has produced a ‘5 things you may have missed’ … Continue reading
The eco-encyclical comes out of a prophetic tradition
This is the first of a series of briefings running up to the release of Laudato Si on Thursday morning. For background on previous papal teaching on the environment, see the editorial in La Civiltà Cattolica (PDF here: Editorial-ENG). See also … Continue reading
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A Coalition for the Common Good?
The eve of election. A while back I was unsure whether I was going to be able to vote. I thought and prayed, and I am now settled on a candidate that will get my vote. The big debate in … Continue reading
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