After failing to say ‘Rohingya’ in Burma (despite using the term in the past), today in Bangladesh, Pope Francis said, “The presence of God today is also called Rohingya.” Meeting with Rohingya refugees, Pope Francis asked for forgiveness for the world’s indifference to their persecution.
via Washington Post: President Trump on Wednesday shared three inflammatory anti-Muslim videos on Twitter posted by a far-right British activist, drawing backlash from across Britain, including a sharp rebuke from the British prime minister’s office. The videos — whose authenticity could not be independently verified — were first shared by Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader… Read More Another Display of Trump’s Anti-Muslim Bigotry and Comfort with Fascism
via Vatican Radio: Pope Francis on Sunday greeted pilgrims from around the world who were gathered in Saint Peter’s Square for the weekly Angelus. The Holy Father had particular greetings for members of the Ukrainian community who are commemorating “the tragedy of the Holodomor, the death by starvation provoked by the Stalinist regime with millions… Read More Pope Francis Notes Stalin’s Genocidal Starvation of Ukrainians
Here are some highlights from Cardinal Blase Cupich’s address, “A Consistent Ethic of Solidarity: Transcending Self, Transforming the World,” at the Capstone Conference for the project Virtue, Happiness, & the Meaning of Life: The ultimate measure of one’s virtue is not only how one personally improves, but how the common good is fostered and furthered… Read More Cardinal Cupich on Virtue, Solidarity, and the Common Good
Cardinal Seán O’Malley: “Thanksgiving is at the core of our being. Everything we have, that we are, is a gift from God. May gratitude remain at the center of our thoughts and lives and may God bless those who go without.”
Millennial writer Elizabeth Bruenig writes: After the mass shooting before last, conservative pundit Bill O’Reilly articulated what anti-gun-control politics seem to presume but rarely admit: that blood is the cost of the right to bear arms. “This is the price of freedom,” O’Reilly wrote on his blog, referring to the dozens killed in Las Vegas.… Read More Our Broken Understanding of Freedom Fuels Gun Violence
via USCCB: Bishop Joe S. Vásquez of Austin, Texas, chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration, expresses his opposition to the Administration’s decision to end refugee processing for individuals in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala who apply to enter the U.S. through the Central American Minors (CAM) program. Bishop Vasquez notes… Read More US Bishops Oppose Trump’s Termination of Central American Minors (CAM) Program
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