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Making a Difference – Humanity may never again get a chance like this
Humanity may never again get a chance like this – let’s not squander it! By Tony Magliano While to a certain degree returning to “business as usual” will not likely happen, that does not mean the vast majority of those who hold most of the world’s wealth and power will…
A call for climate priority
On November 6, 2019, the Association of US Catholic Priests (AUSCP) Climate Crisis Working Group sent a letter on behalf of the association to Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, and US Catholic bishops. The letter was an urgent call for bishops to acknowledge the crisis of climate change and…
Fifth Anniversary of Laudato Si’
The Fifth Anniversary of the publishing of Laudato Si’ is being celebrated by a week of special activities May 16-24. Laudato Si’ Week partners have created a wide variety of activities to celebrate and to bring Laudato Si’ to life.
When church leaders sound like presidential apologists
Cardinal Dolan said this: Trump is “working so hard to see that we can safely return to church as safely possible.” Cardinal Dolan also said this: Trump is a “great gentleman” whom Catholics need “more than ever.” Read here the report from Heidi Schlumpf in National Catholic Reporter.
Praying for an end of the coronavirus
Pope Francis joins Muslim leaders in call for a day of prayer to end the coronavirus. Pope Francis calls on believers of all religions to pray together on May 14 to ask God to rid the world of the pandemic and asks that the vaccines to be made available to…
Opinion: First Things and last things
“Data are coming in, and their import is clear. The coronavirus pandemic is not and never was a threat to society. COVID-19 poses a danger to the elderly and the medically compromised. Otherwise, for most who present symptoms, it can be nasty and persistent, but is not life-threatening. “With those chilling…