Earth Day (April 22) is an excellent reminder for Catholics to reflect on Pope Francis’ famous environmental encyclical letter “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home”. Citing Francis of Assisi – patron saint of ecology – Pope Francis writes “Our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life...
Editor’s note: Following the death of Pope Francis on April 21, 2025, the editors of Where Peter Is received many tributes to his life and reflections on his influence from past and current contributors, as well as podcast guests and friends of the site from all over the world. We will publish a...
Pope Francis came back to us to celebrate Holy Week and Easter. What a gift. His final homily — his last official teaching — came on Easter Sunday. And he taught why it is necessary to always look for Christ, to never stop seeking Our Lord: “Because if he has risen from the...
Pope Francis broke me. I used to believe in a Church that was comforting. I loved exploring the depths and breadth of its teaching. I marveled at its grandeur. It was among those that also shared my beliefs and convictions that I first learned about the primacy of the Pope and the special...
Pope Francis has died today, Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88. RIP Papa!
On Wednesday, I wrote an article imploring a US bishop to reach out to a congressman he has praised and with whom he is a friend on behalf of immigrants who were — without due process — deported and imprisoned in a supermax facility in El Salvador. It seemed apt to draw attention...
Jerusalem, Jerusalem! O city of David. Home of the Prophets. Mount Zion, here God dwells with Mankind in his Temple! Golgotha outside the gates. Thrice blessed! Blessed in the wounds and the hands of Jesus Blessed in the wounds in the feet of Jesus! Blessed in the wound on the side of Jesus!...
Reflection on Holy Thursday What is so important about Holy Thursday night is the explicit connection between the institution of the Eucharist and a life of service, that is, the link between the sacrament and works of mercy, works of charity, which includes the commitment to social justice in all its forms. An...
Yesterday, Rep. Riley Moore, a Republican congressman from West Virginia, posted four photos to his social media pages. They were taken inside the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), a notorious Salvadoran supermax prison known for its extreme conditions and capacity of 40,000 inmates. At least 265 prisoners recently transferred there were deportees from the...
Spy Wednesday, the Wednesday before Easter, is the day we remember Judas Iscariot’s meeting with the chief priests, during which he agreed to give Jesus to them in exchange for thirty pieces of silver. The sum was not nothing – after Judas was stricken with remorse, it was used to purchase a burial...
Latin America lives out its Holy Week immersed in violence, tension, and hope. This is a mysterious time. In the depths of Latin American communities, Holy Week is a ritual and symbolic exercise where Catholic liturgy and popular tradition blend with pre-Hispanic and mestizo cultural languages to tell the story of the Passion,...
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