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Blog - Posts from 2016
Feb 3, 2016, 1:58 PM
Icon written by Br. Claude Lane of Mount Angel Abbey
As Migration and Refugee Services (MRS) at USCCB prepares to host its historic Interfaith Prayer Service for Victims of Human Trafficking on February 8, it is fitting to pause for a moment and…
Jan 28, 2016, 1:00 PM
Pope Francis holds a dove before his weekly audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 15. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters)
Since Pope Francis was elected Pope in March 2013, he has made evident through both word and…
Jan 25, 2016, 11:00 AM
The Sixth Station of the Cross speaks in a special way to how we live out mercy during Lent. In this Station we see Veronica not just wiping the face of Christ, but reaching out—at some danger to herself—to touch Jesus, to be present to a…
Jan 21, 2016, 1:00 PM
On June 6, 2015 a young man named Kalief Browder, committed suicide in his home in The Bronx, a borough of New York City.
The seeds for this tragedy had been planted six years before when, at the young age of 16, Kalief was accused of stealing a…
Jan 14, 2016, 11:00 AM
It was the writings of great Church thinkers such as Augustine, Aquinas, and Newman who first introduced me to the intellectual heritage of the Roman Catholic faith. At that time, I was a young student on the campus of what was then a conservative…
Jan 12, 2016, 11:00 AM
In his address to Congress, Pope Francis reminded us, “every life is sacred, every human person is endowed with an inalienable dignity.” These are clearly not empty words. During his visit to the U.S., our hearts were warmed by the Holy…
Jan 7, 2016, 11:00 AM
Pope Francis, on his recent visit to the United States and in his customary hopeful tone, remembered “the great struggles which led to the abolition of slavery, the extension of voting rights, the growth of the labor movement, and the gradual…
Jan 3, 2016, 12:35 AM
In the Gospel of Matthew (25:35) Jesus tells his disciples, "I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me."
The call to welcome the stranger plays an important role in the…
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