Common good

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What Does the Common Good Mean?

We are living in confusing times, especially with abortion, political lies, gun violence, attacks against the Church, and so on. What is the Catholic Church’s teaching on the common good?

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Are We Losing the Soul of America?

One of the issues that has dominated the headlines in the United States is immigration. How do our Christian and Franciscan values serve as a guiding light in an issue that is complex and nuanced, yet at the same time ...
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Commit to the Common Good

Solidarity means we are all in this together, and none of us can say, “Your end of the Titanic is sinking.”
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In Search of the Common Good

Do the choices you make line up with the life that Jesus led? Do you seek the common good or your own self-interests?
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Be On God’s Side

Reflect One day, during the heat of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was asked if he prayed for God to be on the side of the Union. The president responded, “I pray that we are on God’s side.” In personal ...
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