In his newly released memoir, Hope, the story of the world that made Jorge Mario Bergoglio — and, by extension, the world leader we know as Pope Francis — is a story finally told in his own words. But ...

Walker Percy, Lost in the Cosmos When, in the final chapter of his much-discussed encyclical Laudato Si’, Pope Francis calls for an ecological education, this might seem to be an afterthought ...

"I believe that given the crises we face today we have a responsibility to play our part and lead where we can. … I feel this ...

Pope Francis' Laudato Si' offers a contemporary vision of the whole world being wrapped up in, and expressive of, God's unmerited, ongoing offer of love. Paul Melley offers his own musical compostion ...