Pope Shares His ‘Dreams’ for Amazon Region, Its Catholic Community
WEB-ONLY FEATURE: Vatican releases apostolic exhortation 'Querida Amazonia' (Beloved Amazonia in English). By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis said he dreams of an Amazon region where the rights of the poor and indigenous are respected, local cultures are preserved, nature is protected, and the Catholic Church is present and...
Spirit of Mission: Jesus abandoned
Abandonment was the most unbearable pain Jesus felt while hanging on the cross Every year when those ads come on TV to adopt or sponsor abused and rescued animals, I am no match for those mournful puppy-dog eyes and pouting kittens—with Amazing Grace playing in the background, no less. I mutter, “Stop! Here. Just take my money, but don’t show me any more abandoned...
Inequality and Social Unrest
Growing inequality in many countries is leading to protests around the world Last year, a wave of protests spread across the world—from Latin America to the Middle East to Asia. Underlying many of these protest movements is inequality, which a new U.N. Human Development Report identifies as a growing problem within many countries. In Chile, a hike in subway fares...
Rusty and Terry: Best Friends and Partners in Mission
Rusty, a rescue dog, joins his owner, Terry Brown, in visiting the sick and dying Terry Brown says his life was changed the first time he heard about Maryknoll in the late 1980s when a Maryknoll missioner visited his parish, St. Isidore’s Catholic Church in Yuba City, Calif. “The message was very meaningful, exciting and...
The Gospel of Matthew: A Spiritual and Pastoral Reading
Pope Francis guides readers through the Gospel of Matthew This inspirational volume of reflections on the Gospel of Matthew echoes everything Pope Francis says and does. Readers have the option of reflecting on the entire Gospel from beginning to end or simply dipping into a passage and allowing oneself to be drawn closer to Our Lord through meditation,...
Readers’ Responses March/April 2020
Readers respond to our print, web and social media posts Editor’s note: This issue’s Readers’ Responses column is devoted to reactions to a letter in our November/December 2019 issue criticizing Maryknoll Father Vincent Capodanno, who was killed serving as a military chaplain during the Vietnam War. Father Capodanno was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously and...
