via the Vatican: This year, I would first like to consider the importance of making room for the word through listening. The willingness to listen is the first way we demonstrate our desire to enter into relationship with someone…. In the midst of the many voices present in our personal lives and in society, Sacred… Read More Pope Leo’s Message for Lent: Listen, Disarm Our Language
via Rehumanize International: A coalition of more than 30 pro-life organizations and thought leaders is calling on the Trump administration to reinstate federal protections preventing the detention of pregnant, postpartum and nursing women in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. In an open letter to President Trump, Secretary Noem and Acting ICE Director Lyons,… Read More Pro-Lifers Tell ICE: Stop Detaining Pregnant, Postpartum, and Nursing Women
A transition is a moment for reflection. The transition at the head of the Archdiocese of New York is no different. As Archbishop Ronald Hicks assumes the role that Pope John Paul II once called “archbishop of the capital of the world”, this reflection should take place beyond New York. As I watched Timothy Cardinal… Read More How We Can Defy Pro-Life Stereotypes
On Facebook, Gloria Purvis writes: Racist caricatures have always circulated in American life. What makes this a crisis is that it came from the presidency—the office that symbolically represents the entire nation. When a private citizen posts a racist meme, it reveals individual sin. When the President does it, it functions as a signal from… Read More The Harm Inflicted by Trump’s Latest Racist Action
New NY Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks via RNS: “This is a call to be a missionary church, not a country club,” he said. “A club exists to serve its members. The church exists, on the other hand, to go out and serve all people — on fire, with faith, with hope and charity in the… Read More A Missionary Church, Not a Country Club
The Catholic Bishops of California, via the California Catholic Conference: At a moment when people are exercising their First Amendment rights to protest and seek accountability, violence only deepens wounds and erodes the foundations of peace and public trust. We echo our brother bishops’ call for restraint, transparency, and respect for the dignity of every… Read More California Bishops: Deportation Alone is Not an Immigration Strategy
John Carr, founder of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University, in a recent interview with OSV News: I grew up in South Minneapolis and I am heartbroken by the recent killings, the children shot at Annunciation Parish and the death of George Floyd so close to my neighborhood. And… Read More If Faithful Catholics Are Politically Homeless, We Need to Build a Home
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