The following is a joint statement by the leadership of the three Maryknoll entities: the Maryknoll Sisters, Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, and Maryknoll Lay Missioners. On the occasion of his first visit to the United States, the leadership of the Maryknoll Sisters, Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, and the Maryknoll Lay Missioners offer a warm welcome … Continue reading POPE FRANCIS IN THE USA: Maryknoll leadership statement on Pope Francis’ encyclical “On Care for Our Common Home”
NEWS: Pope Francis lifts 29-year suspension on liberation theology icon
from Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Continuing a bid to revive a movement that was sidelined by his predecessors, Pope Francis has reinstated a Central American priest who was suspended by the Vatican in the 1980s for his involvement in the political activities of Nicaragua’s leftist Sandinista movement. The Rev. Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann, 81, was suspended from … Continue reading NEWS: Pope Francis lifts 29-year suspension on liberation theology icon