via CRS: Catholic Relief Services (CRS) issued a statement today on the administration’s proposal to Congress to reduce the refugee resettlement cap to 18,000. CRS supports the call for a minimum of 95,000 refugees to be resettled in the United States this upcoming year. Bill O’Keefe, CRS’ executive vice president for Mission and Mobilization, said:… Read More CRS Responds to Trump Administration’s Immoral Refugee Cap
Bishop Christopher Coyne writes: Pope Francis in his encyclical “Laudato Si’” spoke eloquently and strongly against a “throw-away” culture that does not see the Earth as a place to be cultivated and sustained as the sphere in which we come to know God’s love, but instead sees the Earth and its resources as something only… Read More Bishop Coyne: We Must Listen to Pope Francis on Protecting Creation to Help Our World Survive
Greg Erlandson writes: In Europe and the United States, anti-Semitic incidents are on the rise. Verbal and physical assaults, including murder, are increasing. Anti-Semitic incidents in France increased more than 70 percent in 2018, in Germany by 20 percent, which also saw a near doubling of violent attacks. In our own country, the massacre at… Read More Catholics Must Resist the Rising Tide of Anti-Semitism
Besides its iconic status in music and in the hearts of bar-goers, the lyrics of Beyoncé’s hit song “Love on Top” invite deeper reflection on the mechanics of sharing a spoken account of Love with another. To her listeners, Beyoncé narrates the feelings and experiences of loving and being loved through images such as the… Read More Love on Top: Beyoncé Instructs on The Mechanics of Evangelization
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Stories Survive: A Child of the Holocaust Reclaims a Resilient Heritage by Ryan Stellabotte: “A child survivor of the Holocaust was reluctant to share his family’s full story, until he saw a picture of himself as a 4-year-old boy at Auschwitz on a website denying the… Read More Around the Web
Here are some shots of the statue “Angels Unawares” that was unveiled earlier in St. Peter’s Square by Pope Francis after celebrating an outdoor Mass commemorating the 105th World Day of Migrants and Refugees. pic.twitter.com/uqGGurGuWA — Junno Arocho Esteves (@arochoju) September 29, 2019 via the NY Times: Pope Francis has always urged compassion and charity… Read More Pope Unveils New Statue in St. Peter’s Square That Honors Migrants
via Pope Francis’ Message for the 105th World Day of Migrants and Refugees: The most economically advanced societies are witnessing a growing trend towards extreme individualism which, combined with a utilitarian mentality and reinforced by the media, is producing a “globalization of indifference”. In this scenario, migrants, refugees, displaced persons and victims of trafficking have… Read More Pope Francis: Welcome, Protect, Promote, and Integrate Migrants
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