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Columban Fr. Liam O'Callaghan is coordinator of the ecology commission for the Hyderabad Diocese in southern Pakistan. Translating Laudato Si', researching water filters for marginalized people to use and educating about care for the Earth are some ways he tries to influence change.

Francis, the comic strip: Brother Leo gets the scoop from the squirrels.

Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Pro-life Democratic governor reelected; dissenters want Francis to "repent"; impeachment news from the "I told you so" file.

Perspective: Leaving the church doesn't sound like a choice a Catholic journalist would consider. Yet I have considered it twice in my life: as a teenager and just last year.

Pencil Preaching for Tuesday, November 19, 2019

Bolivian bishops are organizing talks between political factions as protests against the nation's new government become increasingly deadly.

The Vatican's Christmas tree will be adorned with energy-saving lights, the governing office of Vatican City said.

Interreligious dialogue is an important way to counter fundamentalist groups as well as the unjust accusation that religions sow division, Pope Francis said.

Five days before his scheduled execution, death-row inmate Rodney Reed was granted an indefinite stay of his execution.