Peace & Justice
The Dangers of Christian Nationalism
Mark Shea is an author, blogger, and longtime contributor to the St. Anthony Messenger. He often takes on challenging topics that face Catholics today. His September 2024 cover story, “The Dangers of Christian Nationalism,” in the St. Anthony Messenger explores the rise of nationalistic ...
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I’d Like to Say: The Time to Protect Elections Is Now
As trust in our election system erodes, so does our sense of unity as American citizens. By looking to the Franciscan tradition and its emphasis on peace-building, we can find ways to heal and strengthen our divided society.
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Committing Ourselves to Justice
To follow Jesus is to commit ourselves to justice. This requires inward change more often than we would like and can be a complicated journey.
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Ukrainian youth make pilgrimage to Medjugorje, praying for peace
A group of Ukrainian youth have made a pilgrimage to Medjugorje, asking Mary to bring peace as Russia doubles down on its 11-year war in Ukraine and brutally targets civilians.
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I’d Like to Say: We Need to Stop ‘Othering’
The time-honored practice of labeling and excluding those who differ from us is eating away at our Christian call to love one another.
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Fighting Racism
St. Katharine Drexel was born into a wealthy Philadelphia family in 1858. She founded an order of nuns and helped found the first Black Catholic university—Xavier University in New Orleans.
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The Dangers of Christian Nationalism
A growing movement seeks to blur the line between Church and state by imposing Christian values on others, which goes against the teaching of the Church and poses a threat to democracy.