Quote of the Day

Samantha Power: “Every day you fight for a cause, speak out vs. injustice, or commit even a small act of kindness, you are changing some slice of the world.”

Quote of the Day

Cardinal Sean O’Malley: “Our striving for the common good in society is simply a logical corollary of our love of neighbor. Unjust structures and oppressive political and economic systems result when ethics and virtue are banished from the public square as irrelevant to building a just and humane society.”

Quote of the Day

Pope Francis: “If Christ were not raised, Christianity would lose its very meaning; the whole mission of the Church would lose its impulse, for this is the point from which it first set out and continues to set out ever anew.”

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Pope Encourages Integral Development, Solidarity, and Economic Redistribution by the State

Pope Francis met with a number of representatives from the United Nations today, including UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. Here are some of the key points he made in his address to the UN delegation. Pope Francis explained how future development goals should reflect a commitment to integral development: Future Sustainable Development Goals must therefore… Read More Pope Encourages Integral Development, Solidarity, and Economic Redistribution by the State