Catholic Church

By Jules Gomes, Church Militant - Francis is hoping that the "Economy of Francesco" conference, named after the saint of Assisi, will draft a "covenant" to "change today's economy and to give a soul to the economy of tomorrow."… The pontiff, who excoriates capitalism as the "dung of the devil," expects the covenant to complement Laudato Sí, his 2015 encyclical on "climate change."… "That won the pontiff a strong following among environmentalists. The follow-up is unlikely to do the same for economists," notes The Economist.

By Edward Pentin, EWTN News - As the day of promulgation approaches, the cardinal says the bishops will receive the exhortation “via e-mail under embargo,” and an event will be held to communicate the document in the Vatican’s Paul VI hall where the synod was held… “You might as well start planning a press conference or other event as soon as possible after the promulgation,” Cardinal Hummes advises. “For example, it might be appropriate to present the exhortation in your area with an indigenous representative, whenever feasible, a responsible pastoral expert (ordained or religious, or layman or laywoman), an expert on environmental issues, and a young person engaged in youth ministry.”

By Most Reverend Bishop Joseph Strickland, The Wanderer - “The fact that the Church is the ‘universal sacrament of salvation’ shows how the sacramental economy ultimately determines the way that Christ, the one Savior, through the Spirit, reaches our lives in all their particularity. The Church receives and at the same time expresses what she herself is in the seven sacraments, thanks to which God’s grace concretely influences the lives of the faithful, so that their whole existence, redeemed by Christ, can become an act of worship pleasing to God.”

By Kevin Jones, CNA - “He would say ‘some bishops build cathedrals; the Sisters of Life are my cathedral’,” said Sister Maris Stella, who entered the Sisters of Life in 2006. She is now based in Denver, where the sisters work in college outreach… O’Connor was Archbishop of New York from 1984 until his death on May 3, 2000. He was a major figure of American Catholicism and an outspoken advocate for the unborn and for other pro-life issues. In 1991 he founded the Sisters of Life, a contemplative, active Catholic community of women who profess vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, plus a fourth vow to protect and enhance the sacredness of human life.