Pope Francis Names Jeffrey Sachs to Pontifical Academy
The 66-year-old was a featured speaker in at least six Vatican conferences in 2019-2020, lecturing on topics from education to ethics.
The 66-year-old was a featured speaker in at least six Vatican conferences in 2019-2020, lecturing on topics from education to ethics.
It remains unclear whether Sachs’ approach to China has had a direct influence on the Holy See’s own dealings with Beijing.
Speaking at a Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences event, Sachs claimed the U.S. is operating with ‘thuggery’ and ‘complete lawlessness,’ and warned President Trump’s re-election would be ‘absolutely dangerous.’
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COMMENTARY: Confirming the assertion of some of the Church’s saints.
COMMENTARY: We are reminded by the two devotions of the Lord’s Heart and Mercy that we were made for greater things than sin and darkness.
COMMENTARY: The mystical and moral tradition of the Church suggests to us that the heart of the Lord was fixated on one person.
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COMMENTARY: The task of the Church — shepherds and faithful alike — is to let the Spirit groan within us as we cooperate with his grace, pursue our universal call to holiness, and seek to bring forth the kingdom of God.
Pope Francis has appointed the Ghanaian prelate as the new chancellor of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences.
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