Laudato Si – Where Peter Is

Evangelii Gaudium / Gaudete et Exsultate / Laudato Si / Lumen Fidei / Pope Francis

February 8, 2019

A Brief Introduction to the Theology of Pope Francis

In God’s gift of faith, a supernatural infused virtue, we realize that a great love has been offered us, a good word has been spoken to us, and that when we welcome that word, Jesus Christ the Word made flesh, the Holy Spirit transforms us, lights up our way to the future and enables us joyfully to advance along that way on wings of hope. Pope Francis, Lumen Fidei It has been suggested before that...

abortion / Catholic Social Teaching / death penalty / Environment / Immigration / Pope Francis

February 4, 2019

Best of WPI, Year 1: Social Justice

In honor of our one-year anniversary, we are going to highlight some of our past pieces on various themes and topics this week. Today we’d like to share posts on six issues related to Catholic Social Teaching. Poverty and Economic Justice Hear this, you who trample upon the poor! Paul Fahey reminds us of scripture’s exhortation to take care of the poor. “The Church commands that we see all our economic decisions as moral decisions....

Catholic Social Teaching / Laudato Si

January 31, 2019

Laudato Si’ in 2019: We Need Each Other

Pope Francis has left us a fairly extensive body of writings, speeches, and homilies to pore over and learn from, but so far seems to be promulgating encyclicals at a slower rate than either of his two previous predecessors. In fact, he has only issued one encyclical that is entirely his: Laudato Si’. Lumen Fidei, a remarkable work in its own right, was of course a type of collaboration between Pope Benedict XVI and Pope...

Environment / Laudato Si / Pope Francis

July 18, 2018

The Tall Tale of the Hippie Pope

In my view, Laudato Si’ has been intentionally ignored by various factions within the Church, who have consequently done the devilish work of keeping the Faithful from even considering the letter. The demands of the Pope are too much for some to bear, so they have decided that they will not let the Faithful decide whether they will bear them. All the dissenting groups have, however, taken the same course to accomplish their goal, and...

Amoris Laetitia / Evangelii Gaudium / Gaudete et Exsultate / Laudato Si / Pope Francis / Pro-Life

April 26, 2018

Pope Francis, pro-life champion (part 2)

Note: This is part 2 of a 3-part series; Click here for part 1 and here for part 3 In part 1, I have talked about how conventional pro-life media, namely LifeSiteNews (LSN) have unfairly attacked the Pope through guilt by association, when His Holiness has demonstrated commitment to the pro-life cause. But on this article I would wish to focus on the Pope’s contributions to the pro-life movement through his teaching office as the Vicar of...