Pope Francis

Prayer for the Jubilee Year of Mercy (English & Spanish)

Prayer
In his prayer, Pope Francis commemorates the Opening of the Year of Mercy, in both English and Spanish, calling each of us to proclaim liberty to captives and the oppressed, and restore sight...
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Prayer of Remembrance at Ground Zero Memorial

Prayer
In his prayer, Pope Francis reminds us that Ground Zero is a place of life, not death. Those who lost their lives will live on whenever we strive to be prophets not of tearing down but of building...
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Pope Francis and the Idolatry of the Self

Creative Voice
Creative Voice Stephen B. Young, Global Executive Director of Caux Round Table, shares his insights from Pope Francis’s recent visit to the United States and his commentary on the need for...
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Reflection on Pope Francis’s Address to the U.S. Congress

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Reflect on the prophetic and passionate words of Pope Francis as he challenged us to care for our common home and for one another in his address to the U.S. Congress: http://bit.ly/1jeCr4U.  

Pope Francis's U.S. Visit: A CST Perspective

Reflection
What will the Pope talking about during this historic visit to the U.S.?   Many of the themes he will discuss are grounded in Catholic social tradition, as this resource explores.  

The Awe-inspired Economics of Pope Francis

Creative Voice
Creative Voice David Kane explores the pope's latest encyclical, Laudato Si' (Praised Be), focusing on the recommendations that Francis has for making our political and economic systems more...
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CST in Pope Francis's Laudato Si'

Reflection
This updated reflection on Pope Francis's encyclical, Laudato Si’: On Care of our Common Home, discusses how the Catholic social thought grounds his discussion of the signs of these times and the...
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Jubilee Year of Mercy

Reflection
This resource offers a brief summary of the main points in Pope Francis’s Holy Year of Mercy, beginning on December 8, 2015, as well as discussion questions and a prayer for mercy.  

Peace Prayer by Pope Francis

Prayer
Join Pope Francis in this plea for peace in our world as we pray “Shalom, Peace, Salam!”  

Prayer for Pope Francis's U.S. Visit

Prayer
This prayer invites us to be open to Pope Francis's words, and to the actions he models, during his trip to the U.S.  

Prayer Service to Celebrate Pope Francis’s Ecological Encyclical

Prayer Service
To celebrate Pope Francis's new encyclical and to reflect on the tradition he is drawing from, this prayer service offers quotes from past popes on environmental concerns as well as from Francis. It...
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Pope Francis: Dialogue is a Way to Peace

Reflection
Pope Francis recently visited Bosnia and Herzegovina, still recovering from a bloody war two decades ago that pitted different ethnic and faith communities against each other, to proclaim that...
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