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Through education, advocacy and hands-on outreach, the Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Committee at Come to the Water ACC embodies the Gospel by turning Catholic social teaching into lived faith.

The blue pinwheel is a national symbol for child abuse prevention.

An initiative, called the “Borgo Laudato Si'” project, will have “the beauty of the Villa Barberini gardens and the papal villas as the natural setting for developing a center for education in integral ecology, open to all people of goodwill.”

Church leaders can be champions in helping society at large confront systemic racism in the systems of criminal justice, education, housing, health care, seminaries and parishes, but most importantly, they can help people understand what white privilege is and how it impacts society.

BBE parishes small group named, “BBE Neighbors in Christ,” is part of the initiative to serve the community by coordinating community-wide education nights featuring local experts on the topics of mental health, addiction, and depression and anxiety as part of their ministry.

The Catholic Church has a rich tradition that encourages us to respect and reach out to people with mental health conditions.

There are many misconceptions about mental health and the Catholic church can dispel some of those myths as well as offer a pastoral response.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Evelyn Chumbow was 9 years old when she was trafficked from Cameroon and enslaved in Silver Spring, Maryland, just outside the nation’s capital. […]