They were intent on responding with mercy to a crisis that at the time showed no signs of slowing.
Social Justice
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Listen to Archbishop Gomez: Social justice begins with recognizing our common humanity.
Archbishop José Gomez is an immigrant, a minority and the president of the U.S.C.C.B. When he speaks on the issue of racism and social injustice, it is worth paying attention.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Are racial justice movements straying from Catholic tradition — or are Catholic leaders out of touch?
Archbishop José Gomez’s speech on social justice movements displays a lack of understanding of Black Catholics and other groups too often at the margin of the church.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Working to ‘transform your own heart’ can’t be an excuse to ignore social injustice
If the world is going to wait for all of us to become perfect before we can find solutions to social evils, the world will have to wait for a long time.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Archbishop Gomez: The church must confront ‘woke’ social justice movements that aim to ‘cancel’ Christian beliefs
The Catholic Church must proclaim Jesus Christ “boldly” in the face of new secular movements that promote “social justice,” and “wokeness” as the answer to all of society’s ills, Archbishop José H. Gomez said.
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Moral Economy
How should Catholics think about gentrification? Pope Francis has some ideas about urban planning
In surprisingly close accordance with Catholic social teaching, most urban planners say that people should live in close, interactive communities.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Podcast: Unpacking Pope Francis’ 9 Social Justice Commandments
On this episode of “Inside the Vatican,” host Colleen Dulle and Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell look at how Pope Francis’ relationship with grassroots activists differs from past popes’.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis’ 9 commandments for a just economy
Pope Francis, in a keynote address to the popular movements this weekend, made specific appeals “in the name of God” to those responsible for key sectors of today’s world economy.
Posted inFaith, Jesuit School Spotlight
Daniel Pérez had a transformative experience as a Nativity student. Today he leads their national coalition of schools.
Mr. Pérez is now the executive director of the NativityMiguel Coalition, a national network of faith-based schools that follow the Nativity model for helping children prepare for rigorous high school curricula.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Three Jesuit Volunteers reminded me why staying Catholic is worth it—despite the headlines
I spent three days with three 23-year-old volunteers in Kansas City during the second to last week of their service year to understand why they joined J.V.C., how the year shaped them and what role their Catholic faith played in their lives.