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public market with bananas

Justice within God’s Kingdom

February 5, 2020

In his book The Foundations of Christian Faith, theologian Karl Rahner asks us to think about a man engaged in the simple act of buying a banana at the grocery store.

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Mother and son at the beach

My Mother’s Voice

March 27, 2019
We are all God's children. If I discriminate or hate someone—for reasons of race, gender, capabilities, or lack thereof—it is not that person who is broken. It is me.
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U.S. Sister Dorothy Stang, a member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur, is pictured in a 2004 file photo in Belém, Brazil. Feb. 12, 2025, was the 20th anniversary of the killing of Sister Dorothy, a citizen of Brazil and the United States, who spent nearly four decades defending the rights of poor settlers as well as working to save the rainforest from powerful ranchers bent on destroying it. (OSV News photo/Reuters)

Sister Dorothy Stang: Modern-Day Martyr

February 24, 2006
Murdered for her defense of the farmers and the rainforest of Brazil, this Notre Dame sister died with great courage and faith.
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