What the Church can do to combat racism, white privilege
Father Bryan Massingale talks with America Media on racism, white, privilege See the INTERVIEW HERE
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Bishop Seitz takes a knee, gets a call from Pope Francis
Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso is the first Catholic bishop to publicly participate in the gesture The story from UCA News. Photo from CNS, America Magazine Bishop Mark J. Seitz of the Diocese of El Paso, Texas, kneels at El Paso’s Memorial Park holding a Black Lives Matter sign…
Pope Francis addresses U.S, calls racism a pro-life issue
Pope in Wednesday audience No tolerance for racism, but without violence. Pope Francis spoke at the General Audience about the protests in the United States following the killing of George Floyd, saying we cannot claim to defend the sacredness of every human life while turning a blind eye to racism…
The assumptions of white privilege and what we can do about it
Bryan N. Massingale on Racism: It has never been easy to be black in America. Still, the past few months have pushed me to depths of outrage, pain and despondency that are unmatched in my 63 years of life.
Laudato Si’ Anniversary Year Begins
The Vatican announced that this week opens a Special Laudato Si’ Anniversary Year (May 24th, 2020 – May 24th, 2021) with the hope that the anniversary year and the ensuing decade will “be a time of grace, a true Kairos experience and ‘Jubilee’ time for the Earth, and for humanity, and for all God’s creatures.”
“Holy Now” brings message of wonder and praise for nature
Listen to Peter Mayer’s song, “Holy Now,” in preparation for the Laudato Si’ Special Anniversary Year.
Laudato Si’ – Special anniversary year begins May 24
The Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development is happy to announce a Special Laudato Si’ Anniversary Year, from 24th May 2020 – 24th May 2021. The Dicastery writes, “We hope that the anniversary year and the ensuing decade will indeed be a time of grace, a true Kairos experience and…
The Green Commandments of Laudato Si’
Fr. Joshtrom Isaac Kureethadam, a featured speaker at the June 2019 Climate Conference held at Creighton University jointly sponsored by Creighton and the Catholic Climate Covenant, wrote a book titled The Ten Green Commandments of Laudato Si’. Here are the first five: Earth, our common home, is in peril. Take care of it. Listen…