Reading Francis

Magnifica Humanitas

  • Sufficient for a Day

    You can spend a whole day chewing on today’s Gospel passage, from Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 6:24-34). Let me pull out one thread: Jesus said to his disciples:“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life,what you will eat or drink,or about your body, what you will wear.Is not life more than…

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  • Magnificent Humanity

    I am headed on retreat and off the grid for a couple of weeks starting tomorrow, but I couldn’t let a pope release a social encyclical without at least a quick skim before I left, and Pope Leo released Magnifica Humanitas this morning. So here I am. I haven’t read any of the commentary already…

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