Cardinal-designate Cupich urged U.S. bishops to “speak in a pastoral way to calm the fears of people and let them know that we are advocates for them,”
Social Justice
Posted inPolitics & Society, Signs Of the Times
Finally a President Is Elected in Lebanon
Cardinal Bechara Rai, patriarch of Maronite Catholics, welcomed the election of a new Lebanese president, ending a two-and-a-half-year power vacuum that had crippled the country’s government institutions.
Posted inArts & Culture, Podcasts
How to Live a Committed Life
Following Rhona Tarrant’s news review, this week Eileen Markey speaks to Kerry Weber and Matt Malone, S.J., about her latest book, A Radical Faith: The Assassination of Sister Maura. In this clip Eileen Markey discusses why Sister Maura was assassinated in El Salvador and the great contributions of the Maryknoll sisters.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
How a murdered Maryknoll sister became the subject of a new spiritual and political thriller
‘A Radical Faith’ tells the story of Sister Maura Clarke, one of the churchwomen killed in El Salvador in 1980.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
With the release of ‘Secret Path,’ the front man of Canada’s favorite band confronts the nation’s past.
With the release of “Secret Path,” the front man of Canada’s favorite band confronts the nation’s past.
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Over 2,000 young Catholic leaders met over the weekend to advance social justice causes.
“All of us, every human on earth, is a representative figure of God,” Lisa Sharon Harper said to a ballroom full of young social justice advocates. “Not on our watch will the image of God be so fervently crushed. Not on our watch.” Our shared humanity was a theme running throughout the three keynote speeches […]
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How Catholic advocates view the new White House
Catholic advocates say their work will cover issues of religious liberty, human dignity and climate change.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
The church has never taught that justice is inevitable.
If human progress itself is God’s agent of change, why does God, or humanity, need a church?
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Core values toward the common good can help restore a sense of U.S. unity
Ten “core values” which Americans can agree on may get the nation back together.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Pope Francis calls Christians to open their eye to world’s ‘forgotten and excluded’
“We cannot go about our business quietly at home while Lazarus lies at the door,” Pope Francis said.