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Laudato Si’ message gets added attention as Season of Creation opens
Father That Son Nguyen can be found addressing the concept of integral ecology as expressed by Pope Francis in his encyclical “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home.”
Number of Catholic institutions with union representation grows
The number of Catholic institutions where at least some of its employees have union representation has grown to more than 600, according to the annual “Gaudium et Spes Labor Report” issued Aug. 24 by the Catholic Labor Network.
Pope: Correct view of tradition nurtures beauty, grandeur of the liturgy
“The liturgy is Christ’s work and the church’s, and as such, it is a living body,” Pope Francis told members of Italy’s Association of Professors of Liturgy.
Family under attack by ideologies, pope says
Addressing the Schonstatt Fathers, who were in Rome for their general chapter Sept. 1, the pope urged them to be “bearers of a message of hope in these dark situations that people in every stage of life are going through.”
Protection of children now in sights of Congress, FTC, tech firms
The FTC’s newest commission, Omar Bedoya, said that the protection of children is one of the FTC’s policy areas where there is bipartisanship.
USCCB’s Labor Day statement touts bills to help children, women, families
This year’s annual Labor Day statement from the U.S. bishops touts two bills awaiting action in Congress as being helpful to children, women and families: the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and an expansion of the federal child tax credit.
Pope calls for prayers for Iraq, whose people desire normality, peace
After a series of deadly clashes erupted in Iraq, Pope Francis said “dialogue and fraternity” were needed to overcome the current situation and to become a nation of diverse communities living in peace.
Gorbachev, St. John Paul had great appreciation for each other
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, who died Aug. 30 in Moscow after a long illness, met several times with St. John Paul II, and the two often exchanged words of appreciation for each other.
New duties do not diminish call to evangelize, pope tells cardinals
Celebrating Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica Aug. 30 with the College of Cardinals, the pope said this sense of wonder “sets us free from the temptation of thinking that we can ‘manage things.'”
Vatican says papal remarks on Dugina defended life, were not political
Pope Francis’ comments on the death of Darya Dugina, a 29-year-old commentator with a nationalist Russian TV channel, were meant to defend life and were not a political affirmation, the Vatican said.