Peace & Justice
Turn to the Beatitudes
This writer shows the value of using the beatitudes in today’s world, navigating challenging issues and assessing our own spiritual development.
USCCB president: Bishops stand with immigrants ‘in this challenging hour’
"No one can turn a deaf ear to the palpable cries of anxiety and fear heard in communities throughout the country in the wake of a surge in immigration enforcement actions," said the leader of the nation's Catholic bishops in a June ...
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Holy Spirit fosters unity, peace, justice, pope says at Pentecost vigil
On the eve of Pentecost, Pope Leo XIV prayed that the Holy Spirit would help Catholic lay associations, movements and communities live the Gospel before trying to preach it and would be a force for unity in the church and in the ...
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The Catholic Church and racism, 5 years after George Floyd
Five years after the death of George Floyd, there is much work still to be done in the church to address the sin of racism.
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Stacking Stones on the Margins
Catholic Extension Society seeks to erect more than 600 churches and schools in storm-torn Puerto Rico.
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The Social Justice Prophets
The prophets of old have quite a bit to say about today’s problems.
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Juneteenth seen as day to reflect on freedom, ending racism