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Peace & Justice

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The Dangers of Christian Nationalism

August 20, 2024

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 …

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I’d Like to Say: The Time to Protect Elections Is Now 

June 25, 2024
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

June 17, 2024
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 pray on Apparition Hill (Mount Podbrdo) in Medjugorje, Bosnia and Herzegovina during a May 19-27, 2024 pilgrimage for peace as Russia escalates attacks on their nation amid a war now in its 11th year. (OSV News/Sister Lucia Murashko/Oksana Dmyterko)

Ukrainian youth make pilgrimage to Medjugorje, praying for peace

May 28, 2024
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’

May 24, 2024
The time-honored practice of othering those who differ from us is eating away at our Christian call to love one another. 
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Fighting Racism

May 21, 2024
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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Justice and Solidarity

April 28, 2024
Dorothy Day was a social activist, pacifist, Catholic worker, and peacemaker. She lived at a time that reflected social injustice against others, and she actively refused to fade into all the noise.
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