Pope Francis emphasizes how the pedophilia cases go beyond the issue of pedophilia, detailing how sexual abuse, abuse of power and abuse of authority were intimately linked, it challenged, within…
“In moments of shadow and great tribulation, when the ‘skeins’ and ‘knots’ cannot be unraveled and nothing is clear, it is then that we need to keep silent,” he wrote…
Pledge of Commitment from Prayers to Care for Creation (USCCB) To Protect and Heal God’s Creation This Pledge of Commitment may be read in unison or in alternation: We have come…
From Walter Wink: Seize the moral initiative Assert your own humanity and dignity Break the cycle of humiliation Expose the injustice of the system Stand your ground Recognize your own…
The Synod of Bishops’ special assembly for the Pan-Amazon Region, which is set to take place next October at the Vatican, will be not be derailed by those who have…
By Yasmina Mrabet, Justicefirst.org July 24, 2019 CREATE! Statement by Yasmina Mrabet, on behalf of Justice First & LinkUp After months of negotiations between the Basilica Tenants Associations, their Legal Aid attorneys, the Basilica of the National…
The Vatican has been studying the question of ordaining women as deacons, focusing on history. However, whether or not women in the first, second or third century exercised what we…
From Howard Thurman (via the Center for Action and Contemplation, cac.org) The goal of life is God! The source of life is God! That out of which life comes is…
