…creator, with our brothers and sisters as members of a common family and with all of God’s creatures within our common home,” the pope wrote. The call for a jubilee…

The uncertainties we have been experiencing since the onset of COVID-19 and its effects did not take a vacation this summer. Instead of a free and easy summer, many of…

…to don a piece of cloth that can make the difference between life and death for those who are vulnerable. To use the excuse of personal freedom is a non-starter…

…to the whole community, causing self-inflicted wounds on everyone. It must not prevail.” When companies, including those being assisted by government handouts during the pandemic, focus more on profits than…

…the forest” and other creatures to “rejoice before the Lord,” while in Psalm 98 “the rivers clap their hands” and “the mountains shout with them for joy” at the coming…

…the governance of our nation as co-responsible members of a free society and as missionary disciples called by Jesus Christ to transform our society and care for our common home.”…

…Christ: They are all part of the communion of saints. The Church commemorates all these saints on All Saints’ Day. The history of the feast reveals a great deal about…

…personal liberty, including severe limitations on First Amendment rights,” he wrote. “Officials have drastically limited speech, banning or restricting public speeches, lectures, meetings and rallies. The free exercise of religion…

…992). Temporal punishment helps free a sinner from earthly (temporal) desires. In granting an indulgence, the Church pays a person’s debt of temporal punishment by drawing on the infinite value…

…and that each sister possessed an unmistakable freedom. By the end of the retreat I wanted to be a religious sister. However, this desire faded, or seemed to, when I…