A statement released March 2 stating, while the world’s population has tripled since 1950 with close to 7.4 billion people today, per capita income growth and world GDP has seen bigger gains with huge benefits to much of humanity.
Papal academies: Bigger threat to planet is greed, not population growth
Don’t worry how it’s spent, always give homeless a handout, pope says
People who don’t give money to the homeless because they think it will be spent on alcohol and not food should ask themselves what guilty pleasures they are secretly spending money on, Pope Francis said.
Vandalism at Jewish cemeteries decried, called hateful actions
Responding to the destruction of some 100 gravestones at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, Archbishop Charles Chaput Feb. 27 deplored the “senseless acts of mass vandalism.”
Pope to priests: Defend marriage ministering to those in irregular unions
Reaching out to and guiding couples in cohabitation with tenderness and compassion is essential to promoting and defending the sanctity of marriage, Pope Francis said.
USCCB committee chairmen applaud decision on transgender directive
In rescinding the directive, the Trump administration said that addressing of transgender access to bathrooms is best left to the states and local school districts, not the federal government.
Pope, top Curia officials launch new style of ‘ad limina’ visit
“It wasn’t about speaking about little things or a little problem over here,” said Auxiliary Bishop Fernando Ramos of Santiago Chile. “This was more of a way of looking at everything together, for them to listen to our opinions and (we to listen to theirs) on these principal themes.”
Discovery of Earth-sized planets boosts hope of finding alien life
The quest to find life on other planets got a boost when astronomers confirmed the existence of at least seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a red dwarf star just 40 light years away.
Promote life by protecting, sharing clean water, pope says
Access to clean drinking water is a basic human right and a key component in protecting human life, Pope Francis said.