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The ritual was performed in the wake of a terrorist attack in Brussels, for which the Islamic State has claimed responsibility. 
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Over and over, Pope Francis has turned to grass-roots social movements, rather than economists, as his source of hope for change.
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Following the publication of Pope Francis’ encyclical on climate change, a major conference on climate change was held at the Vatican. Speakers included our guest, Naomi Klein, author of "This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate.” We speak to Klein about her trip to the Vatican and the importance of the pope’s message – not only on climate change, but the global economy.
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“In conclusion, I would like to repeat: the future of humanity does not lie solely in the hands of great leaders, the great powers and the elites. It is fundamentally in the hands of peoples and in their ability to organize. It is in their hands, which can guide with humility and conviction this process …
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'When I was first asked to speak at a Vatican press conference on Pope Francis's recently published climate-change encyclical, 'Laudato Si,' I was convinced that the invitation would soon be rescinded. Now the press conference and, after it, a two-day symposium to explore the encyclical is just two days away. This is actually happening.' Naomi Klein, The New Yorker
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Pope Francis's recently released Encyclical "Laudato Si" makes a strong moral case for climate action. It is a powerfully-written, wide-ranging document, and is already influencing decision makers and observers preparing for the U.N. climate conference taking place in December.
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Vatican officials to discuss climate change and environment with scientists and activists including Naomi Klein
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By addressing the threat of climate change so forcefully, Pope Francis is likely to add momentum to the movement by big institutions to sell holdings tied to fossil fuels.
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If anything, environmental scientists say, the pope may have bent over backward to offer a cautious interpretation of the scientific facts.
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Republicans love to flaunt their religion, but only if it conforms to their politics. Francis just made that harder
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'Laudato Si'' comes from a non-European. What difference does this make?
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Pope Francis reminds us that our relationship to the natural world is about love, not just goods and services
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An Alaskan commentator and judge has called for the world to embrace blockchain network while explaining Pope Francis blockchain technology's potential.
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The latest book by Naomi Klein is essentially a call to share the world’s resources, but its theory of social change is missing a crucial factor: a profound awareness of the reality of hunger and life-threatening deprivation.
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The subtitle of Pope Francis’ stunning new encyclical, “‘Laudato Si’, On Care for Our Common Home,” belies the preference of some that a pontiff not venture into economic matters—Jeb Bush, for instance.
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"In conclusion, I would like to repeat: the future of humanity does not lie solely in the hands of great leaders, the great powers and the elites. It is fundamentally in the hands of peoples and in their ability to organize. It is in their hands, which can guide with humility and conviction this process of change. I am with you. Let us together say from the heart: no family without lodging, no rural worker without land, no laborer without rights, no people without sovereignty, no individual without dignity, no child without childhood, no young person without a future, no elderly person without a venerable old age."
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Pope Francis urged prayers for Greece and its people Wednesday, saying the country was weathering a "keenly felt human and social crisis."
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Social activist ‘surprised but delighted’ to join top cardinal in high-level environment conference at the Vatican
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Excerpts selected by Hudson Luce: Section “106. The basic problem goes even deeper: it is the way that humanity has taken up technology and its development according to an undifferentiated and one-dimensional paradigm. This paradigm exalts the concept of a subject who, using logical and rational procedures, progressively approaches and gains control over an external …
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Religious leaders say pontiff’s call for action brings urgency to existing support for environmental measures in Obama administrations’s climate plan
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Loose canon: Free-market capitalism makes no distinction between human beings’ wants and needs. This is catastrophic for both the planet and our personal happiness alike
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It places the commons over property. “God rejects every claim to absolute ownership,” Pope Francis writes. While the world’s rich justify their pollution on the basis of property rights, Catholic tradition upholds private property only as long as it fosters stewardship for the common good. Excerpted from Nathan Scnheider: “Initially drafted by Cardinal Peter Turkson …
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