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Ed: Sr. Genny (Philippines) was an invited speaker for the October 2023 SpiritUnbounded.org event, though ultimately she was not able to participate. We continue thinking and working on how to best support Indigenous environmental leaders worldwide. From Alessandra Bergamin’s article In These Times, 10 July 2024 Before the day’s light had begun to dim, Brandon […]

From and with thanks to Casey Stanton, Co-Director of Discerning Deacons… Instead of word searching for what we want to see, I want us to start with the conclusion of the new Instrumentum Laboris (working document) which states clearly the ambitious and bold aim of the document which will guide a historic, month-long assembly this October.

Today, two people close to me (one, an adult, the other, a young child) had operations under general anaesthetic. Of course, what mattered most was the skill of the medical team (and thinking of the ongoing torture in Gaza, the existence of a bed, a hospital and drugs). But most important after that was the

June 2024 Catholic Organizations for Renewal (COR) is a leadership forum of U.S. church reform organizations (including Future Church, Dignity, Women’s Ordination Conference, etc.) that is also gauging interest in jointly putting together a national conference, an “ecumenical” approach. COR aims to renew the Roman Catholic Church and build an inclusive Church; bring about a

By Loup Besmond de Senneville (in Rome) for La Croix, June 4th, 2024 Following Pope Francis’s request, some 15 theologians from around the world gathered in Rome on June 4 to prepare the next steps of the Synod on the church’s future. Meeting at the General Curia of the Jesuits in Rome, the theologians are

From David Schaller, US, formerly of Most Precious Blood parish in Colorado, now in Arizona…email us at hello@spiritunbounded.org for forwarding to Marie “The concept of efficiency — how much one can accomplish per unit of time (or per dollar, etc.) — requires a quantitative numerator as well as a denominator. It requires a metric. Therefore, it tells us nothing aboutresults we

My husband and I have visited several care homes recently. His mother, with vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s, is in need of professional care. To read the rest of the article, please view the PDF.

Catholics devote the entire month of May to Mary. In the West, May is a most beautiful time of year when new life appears everywhere, bursting forth at unexpected speed. So it’s only fitting to dedicate this month to the woman who gave new life to the world. To read the rest of the article,

Pope Francis offers the preface to a new book, entitled Conversation in the Spirit – The art of discernment and the practice of synodality, by Jesuit Fathers Juan Antonio Guerrero Alves and Óscar Martín López, which is published by the Vatican Publishing House (LEV) on April 30, as reported in vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2024-04/pope-francis-pens-preface-of-book-on-conversation-in-the-spirit.html. Below is Pope Francis’

The Global Catholic Climate Movement came into being following and building on the groundbreaking 2014 letter from Bishops from four continents, particularly the Global South, that called for an end to the use of fossil fuels and keeping temperature rise below 1.5 C, an even stiffer bar than the 2-degree target climate scientists had pointed