John Shaughnessy

John Mundell, a parishioner of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Indianapolis, has been named director of the Vatican's Laudato Si' Action Platform initiative to catalyze the global church to act upon Pope Francis' ecological encyclical "Laudato Si', on Care for Our Common Home."

For three days, the 20,000 teenagers form a joyful, energetic and unifying representation of how much their Catholic faith means to them, of how much they have to offer the church.

The Field Hospital: Fr. Doug Marcotte believes "there's no better way to change a community than one small act of kindness at a time." So the pastor embraced a plan from one of the parishioners to help individuals and families in the community when they don't have enough food for their next meal.