The working of the Holy SpiritA reflection by Marianne Comfort of the Mercy Justice TeamI envy the big, bold signs that the disciples received on the Feast of Pentecost.It would be great to have my questions or prayers answered by a mighty wind roaring through my office or...

I would encourage you never to lose sight of the purpose of your service and all your activity, which is to promote life, to save lives, to be a constant defender of life. And I ask you, please, to be vigilant. Be vigilant against the temptation to cultivate a warlike...

Enable us to be as daring as the newly inspired apostles—to be bold in our defense of the right of all persons to feel safe wherever we are, unafraid of being forever silenced by those who are armed with weapons and anger and sometimes even hatred. Give us the courage to...

In the Gaza Strip, the cry of mothers, of fathers who clutch the lifeless bodies of children and who are continually forced to move in search of a little food and safer shelter from bombing, rises ever more intensely to the sky. I renew my appeal to the leaders: cease fire,...

We need to feel outrage as Moses did (Exodus 11.8), as Jesus did (Mark 3.5), as God does in the face of injustice (Amos 2.4–8, 5.7–12, Psalm 106.40). It is not good for us to become inured to evil; it is not good when our social consciousness is dulled before an...

It is shameful that we have lost our moral compass as a nation. The Reconciliation bill voted in by the House last week is scandalous with its exorbitant increases for the Pentagon and a mass deportation apparatus that has been cruelly tearing families apart, disappearing...

As people of faith, we lament the loss of life from gun violence in communities across the country and support proven preventive efforts. Moreover, we are the spiritual first responders to gun violence. We support the injured and afflicted, and we comfort the bereaved...

This season we commemorate the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis’s encyclical, Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home, which was published May 24th and delivered to the world on June 18th. To mark the occasion, the Mercy Justice Team has drafted a letter to members of...

Too often, arms are sent around the world with insufficient attention to how they threaten peace, development, and human rights...At a time when our country is increasingly reluctant to share its economic resources in support of sustainable economic development, we remain...

Too often we have seen how guns are used in the public forum by someone acting in anger. ... People with guns in public areas can become the aggrieved, the jury, and the judge, in swift and violent sequence. Passions can quickly escalate when a gun is present in a...