Peace & Justice

The Franciscan Spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Christopher Heffron December 27, 2023

What do an American civil rights icon of the 1960s and an Italian mystic from the 13th century have in common? More than you might think.

The Justice Lobby: Franciscans International

Peter Feuerherd September 25, 2023

For over three decades, Franciscans International has been giving the poor and oppressed a seat at the table at the United Nations.

Ending Racism

Clifford Hennings, OFM August 27, 2023

Reflect “Let Us make man in our image, according to Our Likeness” (Gen 1:26). Sadly, we do not always see each other in this way. Racism is a reminder of our brokenness. Let us pray for the eyes to see ...

People in Raeford, N.C., pray after viewing the body of George Floyd June 6, 2020. Demonstrations continue after a white police officer in Minnesota was caught on a bystander's video May 25 pressing his knee into the neck of George Floyd, an African American, who was later pronounced dead at a hospital.(CNS photo/Jonathan Drake, Reuters) See FLOYD-PROTESTS-HOMILIES-ROUNDUP June 8, 2020.

Defiantly Catholic

Deacon Art Miller August 25, 2023

Our Church is God’s Church, and we belong to God. Church is the place we go to nurture our faith. It is where we go to be community.

Cardinal Gregory: Till memorial should inspire youth to ‘work for a better world’

OSV News July 26, 2023

(OSV News) — Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington, the Catholic Church’s first African American cardinal, reacted to President Joe Biden establishing the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument in Mississippi and Illinois July 25, saying it was important to ...