“Often we picture God like an umpire: crouching down whenever we step up to the plate, waiting to call strikes and outs, watching for the least infraction. But ours is a God of justice and mercy. Not simply the judge with the rulebook and the last word, but also love incarnate.”
When Pope Francis visits Canada July 24-29, Oneida First Nation activist Daisee Francour and her colleagues at the U.S.-based international Indigenous nongovernmental organization Cultural Survival will be paying close attention.
The pope appealed to Sri Lankan authorities to find the truth concerning the bombings.
Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez, during a Jan. 22 beatification Mass for the country’s four new blesseds, challenged Salvadorans to learn about the past through its martyrs.
Spain’s Catholic bishops are warning of growing division and tension in their country over government attempts to “deconstruct and dismantle the Christian worldview.”
Catholic and other faith leaders marked the “painful first anniversary” of Floyd’s May 25, 2020, death with prayers for his family and for “healing, mercy, justice and change.”
Investors in the Racial Justice Investing Coalition in June released a “Statement of Solidarity” in which they pledged accountability and action to dismantle systemic racism and promote racial equity and justice.
“Everyone recognizes that we can’t simply go back to living exactly as we did before. How should Catholics think about the choices we face?”
