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2023 AUSCP Pope St. John XXIII Awards
The 2023 Pope St. John 23rd Awardees were chosen during the annual planning meeting of the Leadership Team held January 10-12 in San Diego. We previously announced the selection of the AUSCP Founding Fathers as award recipients. Today we are announcing the selection of Fr. Emmet Farrell, Director of the Creation Care Ministry for the Diocese of San Diego. We hope many…
And so we fight!
By Tony Magliano Jesus was totally nonviolent. Any serious contextual reading of the Gospel reveals Jesus courageously, prophetically proclaiming the Kingdom of God – often amidst hostile opposition – while never resorting to violence. “But to you who hear” said Jesus, “love your enemies, do good to those who hate…
Wisdom Wednesday | February 15th
We have reports ranging from the particular to the universal. We have reaction to parish consolidation in an archdiocese and a 30-year examination of the clergy sex scandal. And, bluntly, what about sex in space?
Abortion: Strategies of the American Bishops
Before the 1960s, the American bishops said very little in opposition to abortion. They concentrated, instead, on social issues that were important to the growing number of Catholic immigrants. For example, in the late nineteenth century they supported the establishment of labor unions and in 1919 they published a “Program of Social…