How the Catholic Worker showed me what it means to be Catholic
By Shannon Evans in America magazine, 2 Feb 2017 We sat side by side on a hay bale, knees under a makeshift picnic table and bellies full of homemade bread.…
Global Forum of the People of God and Global Council Network (GCN) working together to further the dream of a just, inclusive church engaged in the modern world
Hi all! A team of Brazilians who are planning a meeting of reform-minded Catholics to be held in Brazil in November, 2018. This meeting is called the Global Forum of the…
Notes from Caring for Creation: The Evangelical’s Guide to Climate Change and a Healthy Environment by Paul Douglas and Mitch Hescox
Rev. Mitch Hescox has worked in the coal industry along with his whole family, for generations. Here he and a meterologist, another person of faith, write about how conservatives can…
Developing an ethic of sustainability
The following may be used in thinking about a framework for an upcoming series of webinars sponsored by the Global Ethics Forum, CatholicNetwork and the Catholic Worker. From The Ethics…
Cardinal’s plan for laypeople to lead parishes
Parish clustering is no answer to priest shortage, says German Cardinal Reinard Marx, a top aide and advisor to Pope Francis. By Christa Pongratz-Lippitt, La Croix, 27 March 2017 Cardinal…
Fr. Greg Boyle: “If we stand at the margins, we are all rescued”
If you’ve ever had the chance to hear Fr. Greg Boyle and those who often accompany him, it is a treat. He writes in America: I thought I could “save”…
Saints, real people on the path
By Robert Ellsberg, 21 February 2017 The saints should not be viewed as legendary superheroes: perfect people, close to God but not quite human. Since the earliest days of Christianity,…
Latest from Pope Francis – Feb 2017
Pope: ‘In Our Littleness, God Makes the Impossible, Possible’ Posted by Deborah Castellano Lubov on 20 February, 2017 In your littleness, be courageous. God will make the impossible, possible. Pope…
