http://m.ncregister.com/blog/edward-pentin/pope-francis-christmas-2017-urbi-et-orbi-message#.Wmyg1mJOmEc Pope calls on all to see Jesus in children caught up in conflicts and hardship around the world: “May we commit ourselves, with the help of his grace, to making our world more human and more worthy for the children of today and of the future.”
http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/marriage-and-family/marriage/promotion-and-defense-of-marriage/upload/Open-Letter-from-Religious-Leaders-Dec-15-2017.pdf December 15, 2017 Dear Friends: As leaders of various communities of faith throughout the United States, many of us came together in the past to affirm our commitment to marriage as the union of one man and one woman and as the foundation of society. We reiterate that natural marriage continues to be invaluable…
ICOLF Contributor and Society of Catholic Social Scientists (SCSS) Treasurer, Brian Scarnecchia, who’s a professor at Ave Maria School of Law in Florida, will be on the EWTN television program, “At Home With Jim and Joy” live on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2017 at 2:00 p.m. to talk about the SCSS. People can call in and…
ICOLF Director of MENA, Geoffrey Strickland, as well as Professors Jane Adolphe and Kevin Govern, were featured speakers at the Expert Meeting on relevant issues concerning the preparation of the Global Compacts on Migrants and Refugees within the United Nations System, kindly organized by Msgr. Piotr Mazurkiewicz at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw,…
https://zenit.org/articles/popes-message-for-world-day-of-peace-call-for-un-action/ Pope Francis said that peace is a “profound aspiration for everyone,” in his message for the January 1, 2018, celebration of World Day of Peace. The Vatican released the text on November 24, 2017. Peace is sought “for each individual and all peoples, and especially for those who most keenly suffer its absence.” The…
