Lobbying’s behind me, but civic engagement isn’t. I keep track of what my state legislature is doing and not doing on things like the right to life. A few days hence – when I’ll be away, as it happens – there will be seven hearings over two days on relevant bills. Part of the workContinue reading ““Get right in there!””
Tag Archives: Pope Francis
#Open Book: Pope Francis on Mary
Alicia von Stamwitz has collected Pope Francis’s reflections on on the Blessed Mother in Mother Mary (Franciscan Media, to be released 3/31/2017), in a format ideal for daily prayer prompts and inspiration. Excerpts from the Pope’s homilies, public addresses, and daily Angelus proclamations are divided into six Marian-themed chapters. Even some of the Pope’s tweetsContinue reading “#Open Book: Pope Francis on Mary”
Pope Francis: “Care for life. It’s worth it.”
From a 2005 homily by Cardinal Jorge Bergolio, later to become our Pope Francis: All of us must care for life, cherish life, with tenderness, warmth…to give life is to open (our) heart, and to care for life is to (give oneself) in tenderness and warmth for others, to have concern in my heart forContinue reading “Pope Francis: “Care for life. It’s worth it.””
Ellen Kolb 