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, […]
Talk story: An encounter a click away
OFFICE FOR SOCIAL MINISTRY “In the complex and often dramatic situations of today’s world, may the Risen Lord guide the steps of all those who work for justice and peace.” (Pope Francis Easter Message 2017) This past Lent, Catholic Relief Services Rice Bowl provided a path for Catholics in the United States to engage in […]
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