OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Childhood, given its fragile nature, has unique and inalienable needs. Above all else, there is the right to a healthy and secure family environment, where a child can grow under the guidance and example of a father and a mother. (From Pope Francis’ message for 2017 World Day of Migrants and […]
Talk story: Setting hearts on fire
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “The Holy Spirit is the divine force that changes the world … The Spirit does not only change hearts; he changes situations. Like the wind that blows everywhere, he penetrates to the most unimaginable situations.” (From Pope Francis’ homily for Pentecost 2018) Just as the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles […]
Talk story: Blessed are the pure in heart
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “‘Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.’ Certainly there can be no love without works of love, but this Beatitude reminds us that the Lord expects a commitment to our brothers and sisters that comes from the heart.” (From Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation, “Rejoice and Be Glad: […]
Talk story: Images of God in your midst
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “The compassion shown by the Good Samaritan is an image of the infinite mercy of God, who always sees our needs and draws near to us in love.” (Pope Francis, as quoted in the 2018 CRS Rice Bowl Calendar) Along with the Good Samaritan, what are some other images of God’s […]
Talk story: Connecting with the Good Samaritan
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “The story of the Good Samaritan is the story of today’s humanity. People’s paths are riddled with suffering, as everything is centered around money and things, instead of people.” (Pope Francis, from his TED2017 (Technology, Entertainment and Design) talk, delivered April 25 at the Vatican.) The Story of the Good Samaritan, […]
Talk story: ‘Every stranger who knocks at our door’
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Every stranger who knocks at our door is an opportunity for an encounter with Jesus Christ, who identifies with the welcomed and rejected strangers of every age.” (Pope Francis, Message for the 104th World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2018) 2018 marks a new year with new beginnings, building on the […]
Talk story: Giving hospitality to angels
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Peace to all people and to all nations on earth! Peace, which the angels proclaimed to the shepherds on Christmas night, is a profound aspiration for everyone, for each individual and all peoples, and especially for those who most keenly suffer its absence.” (Pope Francis, “Message for World Peace,” Jan. 1, […]
Talk story: A church without borders
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “Our shared response to migrants and refugees may be articulated by four verbs: to welcome, to protect, to promote and to integrate.” (Pope Francis) During the same week in August that the Vatican released Pope Francis’s message about migrants and refugees, we were invited to Mexico to accompany immigrants on their […]
Talk story: Welcome, protect, promote, integrate
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “You shall treat the stranger who sojourns with you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.” (Leviticus 19:34) On Aug. 15, the Feast of the Assumption, Pope Francis wrote in his […]
Talk story: Our immigrants, migrants and refugees
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “May these migrants meet brothers and sisters under every sky, who share with them the bread and hope of the common path.” (Pope Francis) Our Holy Father often calls us to reflect on how we can encounter Christ by walking with migrants on our shared journey of life. Pope Francis said, […]
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