Pope Francis

Prayer

Prayer for Those Affected by Hurricane Patricia

Hurricane Patricia made landfall on Mexico's Pacific coast on Friday, October 24. While the coastal threat is decreasing, damaging winds and heavy rainfalls are likely to cause flash floods...
Prayer

Prayer of Remembrance at Ground Zero Memorial

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...
Creative Voice

Pope Francis and the Idolatry of the Self

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

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

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.  
Creative Voice

The Awe-inspired Economics of Pope Francis

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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Reflection

CST in Pope Francis's Laudato Si'

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...
Reflection

Jubilee Year of Mercy

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.  
Prayer

Peace Prayer by Pope Francis

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

Prayer for Pope Francis's U.S. Visit

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

Prayer Service to Celebrate Pope Francis’s Ecological Encyclical

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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Reflection

Pope Francis: Dialogue is a Way to Peace

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...