Care for creation was a signature of Pope Francis’ papacy, building on his predecessors’ examples and imitating Saint Francis of Assisi.

Care for creation was a signature of Pope Francis’ papacy, building on his predecessors’ examples and imitating Saint Francis of Assisi.
Pope Francis died early in the morning today, Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88. He served as pontiff for 12 years.
“Seeing is believing” is a phrase applied by Maryknoll Sister Teresa Dagdag, who serves in the Philippines, to the Easter Sunday readings.
A team led by a Scalabrinian sister assists migrants who have been forcibly returned to Honduras by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
In an April 10 letter to Congress, U.S. bishops urged support for bipartisan legislation protecting religious workers who come from other countries.
Emergency earthquake relief for Myanmar after a 7.7 tremor is slowed by the destruction and by mistrust of the ruling military junta.
A Maryknoll affiliate in Guatemala reflects on the Lord’s Passion and the Mass readings for upcoming Palm Sunday.
The Holy See’s permanent observer to the U.N., Archbishop Gabriele Caccia, calls on all nations to “overcome the fallacy of nuclear deterrence.”
Papal almoner Cardinal Konrad Krajewski delivers the supplies and four vehicles as Ukranians reel from an attack that killed nine children.
The U.S. bishops conference says in a statement that working with the federal government in refugee resettlement is “untenable.”
Still recovering from his own health crisis, Pope Francis greets pilgrims at the Mass for the Jubilee of the Sick and Health Care Workers.
Marie Dennis, director of the Catholic Nonviolence Initiative, a project of Pax Christi International, reflects on the Mass readings.
Catholic relief efforts to assist earthquake victims are impeded by the country’s deep poverty and repressive military junta.
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