water – Saint Francis of Assisi at St John the Evangelist

World Water Day

World Water Day was March 22. While most of us living in the US take the availability of clean water and sanitation for granted, this is not true for much of the world’s poor and those living in battle zones. In Chapter one of Laudato Si, Pope Francis wrote: One particularly serious problem is theContinue reading “World Water Day”

Our Moral Imperative

Pope Francis begins his TED Coundown talk with: The world is shaken by the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, which highlights another global challenge: the socio-environmental crisis. And this requires us, all of us, to face a choice. The choice between what matters, and what doesn’t. Let me repeat that: the choice between whatContinue reading “Our Moral Imperative”

Water, the Source of Life

I think we can all agree that water is essential to life; without it, the vast majority of life will perish, including people. Pope Francis writes specifically about water in Laudato Si: …as the quality of available water is constantly diminishing, in some places there is a growing tendency, despite its scarcity, to privatize thisContinue reading “Water, the Source of Life”