Tag: Pope Francis
Can you be Christian and support the death penalty?
Mathew Schmalz, College of the Holy Cross
Pope Francis has declared the death penalty “inadmissible.” This means that the death penalty should not be used...
What is heaven?
Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross
When a family member or a friend passes away, we often find ourselves reflecting on the question...
Pope Francis’ apology for abuse in Chile would once have been...
Mathew Schmalz, College of the Holy Cross
In a letter on April 11 to the bishops of Chile, Pope Francis asked forgiveness for his “serious...
What is hell?
Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross
The recent dispute over whether Pope Francis denied the existence of hell in an interview attracted wide...
Archbishop Oscar Romero was gunned down inside his own church 30...
Michael E. Lee, Fordham University
On March 24, 1980, the archbishop of San Salvador was shot inside his own church in a deliberate, cold-blooded murder...
Why Pope Francis is reviving a long tradition of local variations...
Joanne M. Pierce, College of the Holy Cross
Pope Francis has changed Catholic Canon law – and met with some intense reactions.
At stake here is...
How the Catholic Church’s hierarchy makes it difficult to punish sexual...
Mathew Schmalz, College of the Holy Cross
Cardinal George Pell, a top adviser to Pope Francis, returned to his native Australia July 10 to...
What makes a mountain, hill or prairie a ‘sacred’ place for...
Rosalyn R. LaPier, Harvard University
For several months Native American protesters and others have been opposing the building of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The plans...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
