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Mar 20, 2017, 12:00 PM
“Work is fundamental to the dignity of a person. Work…anoints us with dignity, fills us with dignity, makes us similar to God, who has worked and still works…”
– Pope Francis, Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, 2013…
Mar 17, 2017, 12:22 PM
Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, second from left, links arms with other participants on stage after a panel discussion on migration issues Feb. 17 during the U.S. Regional World Meeting of Popular Movements in Modesto, Calif.(CNS…
Mar 14, 2017, 12:00 PM
“This teaching rests on one basic principle: individual human beings are the foundation, the cause and the end of every social institution. That is necessarily so, for men are by nature social beings.”
—St. John XXIII, Mater et…
Mar 9, 2017, 1:00 PM
“Love for others, and in the first place, love for the poor, in whom the Church sees Christ himself, is made concrete in the promotion of justice.”
—St. John Paul II, Centesimus Annus, #58 (On the Hundredth Year)
Jesus…
Mar 7, 2017, 3:04 PM
Attendees cheer a statement about justice for immigrants Feb. 16 during a the opening program of the U.S. regional World Meeting of Popular Movements in Modesto, Calif. (CNS photo/Dennis Sadowski)
Midway through the U.S. Regional Meeting of…
Feb 28, 2017, 1:00 PM
Eric Clayton, CRS Rice Bowl Program Officer
God’s vision can be scary. Sometimes, it’s easier to avoid encountering God. What might God ask of us? Will it be in line with what we ourselves want? We hear Jesus’ words in the…
Feb 21, 2017, 1:00 PM
Photo by Julian Spath/Catholic Relief Services
Jesus’ ministry was a three-year encounter with others. He went to those on the margins, those whom society had rejected, those who themselves believed that they had sinned one too many…
Feb 16, 2017, 1:00 PM
Tom Bamat, CRS' former senior advisor for justice and peacebuilding (Photo by Jim Stipe)
In 2013, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) was awarded a grant to begin a new peacebuilding initiative across six countries on the African continent.…
Feb 14, 2017, 6:01 PM
Photo by Karen Kasmauski for Catholic Relief Services
We Encounter Ourselves
To build a culture of encounter, we must start from within ourselves, from our personal call to discipleship. God knows our true selves, desiring that we, too,…
Feb 8, 2017, 2:47 PM
Steve Hilbert, policy advisor on Africa, USCCB
The United States just completed a long election season. It was at times divisive, unsettling and frustrating. In the end, our institutions prevailed and delivered a peaceful transfer of…
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