Opinion: There is blood on your hands
Catholics who helped Donald Trump become president, especially certain bishops, are responsible for the current chaos in the United States Bob Mickens writes a ‘ Letter from Rome’
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White skin does not mean superiority
White supremacists believe their skin color confirms their superiority over African-Americans. READ the COMMENTARY from UCA News HERE
Issues and Concerns
Church clericalism, immigration and climate change top the list in a survey of issues and concerns by the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests. Ranked fourth and fifth by respondents were “Formation of Priests” and “Women in Church governance. Rounding out the top 10 were “Accountability of Bishops,” “Synodality and collegiality,”…
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
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.