Ten years ago, Pope Francis challenged us to hear both the “cry of the earth and the cry of the poor” as his groundbreaking encyclical letter Laudato Si’ offered a hopeful vision that called us to care for “our common home” and reminded us that “everything is connected.” Decades earlier, Rev. Pierre…
Georgetown University has several initiatives connected with the Vatican and Pope Francis, including Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life director Kim Daniels who is a member of the Vatican Dicastery for Communication and was appointed to serve as an expert advisor for the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops and as the coordinator of the synod study group on the Church’s mission in the digital environment.
The General Secretariat for the Synod of Bishops released the names of members of two sets of study groups that have been conducting an in-depth look into several themes that emerged during the first assembly of the synod on synodality in 2023. Among the seven members of the groups from the United States is Kim Daniels, director of Georgetown's Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life and coordinator of the study group on "The Mission in the Digital Environment".
