When people who have lost homes, businesses, and a sense of safety are heard saying, "I was one of the lucky ones," what does Christmas say to us in these times? What does it say to those who lost loved ones?
The gorgeously animated new movie "The Wild Robot" may help to plant seeds for a better future, giving families an entertaining entryway to conversations about mutuality and solidarity with the environment.
U.S.-based programming designed to celebrate St. Francis' feast day or advance the principles of Pope Francis' encyclical Laudato Si' seldom reflects the diversity of Catholic communities, writes Amanda J. Baugh.
Often it can be difficult to visibly see or feel hope in our midst. That is where this year's season theme — "to hope and act with creation" — might be instructive.
While knowing how to act with creation can be clear for some, for others knowing the right thing to do can be fuzzy. Our invitation this week: listening in the silence of creation. What unexpected message will we hear?
This week, our prayer invitation will shift: to attune to the sorrow of the Earth. We are invited to listen to the cry of creation and connect to our own sorrow for our role in the environmental crisis.
Being in the same space as Pope Francis during his visit to Southeast Asia, we wanted to show him that the seeds he planted in his encyclical Laudato Si' are growing strong in our island nation of Timor-Leste.
One piece from New York Fashion Week put fashion's throwaway tendencies on full display. Some NYFW-goers found themselves face-to-face with a towering clothing pile, animated and ambling about Manhattan.
"Let's be open to surprises together," writes Christina Leaño, "to see how noticing what is in motion allows us to see God's motion taking place and invites us deeper into our ecological conversion."
