55 countries representing 55 percent of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions have signed the Paris Agreement on climate change to help reduce global pollution that drives climate change. Pope Francis observes, “human beings, while capable of the worst, are also capable of rising above themselves, choosing again what is good, and making a new start” […]
Read Pope Francis’ blessing for Dominicans: THE HOLY FATHER WISHES THAT ALL WHO FOLLOW THE CHARISM OF SAINT DOMINIC – TIRELESS APOSTLE OF GRACE AND FORGIVENESS, COMPASSIONATE TOWARDS THE POOR AND AN ARDENT DEFENDER OF TRUTH – SHOULD TESTIFY TO MERCY, PROFESSING IT AND EMBODYING IT IN LIFE, AND SHOULD BE SIGNS OF THE NEARNESS
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We have forgotten that we ourselves are dust of the earth (Genesis 2:7); our very bodies are made up of her elements, we breathe her air and we receive life and refreshment from her waters. – Pope Francis, Laudato Si: 2
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Saints are on my mind. We’ve just passed what I think of as a triduum of holy days: All Hallows Eve, All Saints Day, and all Souls Day. Yesterday we Dominicans celebrated the Feast of Martin DePorres, our Peruvian brother. Today is the feast of the great reformer Charles Borromeo. In our common prayer, this
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Sister Philip Neri Crawford, OP captured a close-up photo of Pope Francis in his Fiat as he departed from Little Sisters of the Poor when she was in Washington, DC!
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Full meaning of life is found in selfless service to others, in sage & respectful use of creation for common good. (from Pope Francis’ speech at the UN General Assembly Friday, September 25, 2015)
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Sister Philip Neri Crawford, OP will attend Pope Francis’s address to Congress with Illinois Senator Dick Durbin! Read Steven Spearie’s story by clicking here. Sister Philip Neri Crawford, OP to Attend Pope’s Address to Congress Senator Dick Durbin has selected Sister Philip Neri Crawford as his guest to see the Pope’s address to joint
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