Lessons on the Francis Papacy From ‘The Flowers of St. Francis’

Lessons on the Francis papacy from ‘The Flowers of St. Francis’

We should seek to live simply, to take only what we need and share what we have, to see ourselves in kinship with all of creation.

Resisting Throwaway Culture with Pope Francis

In his 1988 song “Death is Not the End,” Bob Dylan wrote, “When you’re standing on the crossroads / That you cannot comprehend / Just remember that death is not the end / And all your dreams have vanished / And you don’t know what’s up the bend / Just remember that death is not the end.” I thought of this song when I read Pope Francis’ preface for the forthcoming book, Awaiting a New Beginning: Reflections on Old Age, by Cardinal Angelo Scola, A…