20 years Since Another Great Encyclical
While Pope Francis’ new encyclical Laudato Si’Â is enjoying wide publicity, few people are aware this year also marks the 20th […]
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The Green Encyclical has Arrived!
It’s courageous, it’s prophetic, it’s challenging, it’s holistic, it’s wonderful: That’s what I think of Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical “Laudato
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The Hidden Poor of Appalachia
Back in the mid-1980s, I was working as a director of religious education at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in western
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The Baltimore Riots: What Happened?
“The God of peace is never glorified by human violence,” wrote the famous Trappist monk Thomas Merton. Whether it’s on
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The Courageous Witness of Blessed Oscar Romero
Who would have predicted it? Who would have imagined that on February 23, 1977, the day of his appointment as
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Your Words Can Feed Violence
According to the New York Times, during a White House luncheon in 1954 Winston Churchill said: “To jaw-jaw [talk-talk] always
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“Peace Be With You”
On the evening of that first day of the week, according to the Gospel of John, when the doors were
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We too Must Bear the Cross
Writing a column on social justice and peace offers me plenty of timely issues to choose from. And I always
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Unholy political positions in the Holy Land
As the minds and hearts of Christians throughout the world focus on the suffering, death and resurrection of our Lord
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