From Para. 56 of Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life), an encyclical letter on various threats to human life which Pope John Paul II issued on March 25, 1995. "This is the context in which to ...

The problem dealt with here is not a new question. Vigorously debated in the years immediately following the publication of the Encyclical Humanae vitae (25 July 1968), it is still raised ...

The 40th anniversary of the Encyclical Letter on the Regulation of Birth, “Humanae Vitae” by Pope Paul VI, is an opportune time for us to recall the salient doctrine of this authoritative and ...

In his first encyclical letter Lumen Fidei, Pope Francis said faith in Jesus Christ helps one to joyfully live life “on wings of hope.” Constantly encouraging people to turn to God ...

After the death of Pope Francis, tributes have emerged from world leaders and celebrities—including one Leonardo DiCaprio, who recalled his “deeply moving” 2016 meeting with the late leader ...

I read George Tristan’s guest opinion published in the April 15 Times-Call. I really appreciate the obvious time and effort extended for such an astute and well developed opinion piece. I was ...

Pope Francis, deeply moved by the devastation he witnessed in Tacloban after Typhoon Haiyan, channeled his experience into his landmark encyclical "Praised Be." This document framed care for the ...

“A little bit late, I have to say, but I’m here,” he said. Play Video Pope Francis wrote the first encyclical letter on the environment published in 2015 — the same year that the world ...

Francis’ landmark climate change encyclical, “Laudato Si ... It’s no wonder Francis wrote a letter to U.S. bishops rebuking Trump’s migrant crackdown, and taking direct aim at Vance ...

The title of his encyclical letter dedicated to this topic – Laudato si – came from St. Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of the Creatures, an ecstatic hymn to the beauty of "brother sun and ...

His 2015 encyclical on climate change, Laudato Si’, took its name from St Francis’s Canticle of the Creatures, and cited Giotto’s frescoes in Assisi as inspiration. But for all his spiritual ...

to whose care the Pope has dedicated the Encyclical Letter Laudato si', of which, in this Holy Year, we celebrate the tenth anniversary of its publication. On today's occasion, which calls us to ...