Don’t be confusedA reflection selected by Sister Sue Gallagher of the Mercy Justice TeamThe reflection below is adapted from words by Sister Renee Yann on her blog, Lavish Mercy, which may connect with what many of us are struggling with during these days.Each night before...

Let us not allow ourselves to be overcome by indifference towards those who suffer, for God is not indifferent to our distress. In becoming man, Jesus took upon himself our fragility, identifying with each one of us: with those who have nothing left and have lost...

Seeking to deport millions of men and women and children — families who often lived here for decades, many children who don’t know other countries — is contrary to Catholic faith and, more fundamentally, contrary to basic human dignity.—Cardinal Robert McElroy of...

As pilgrim Churches in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Asia, we witness that climate change is not only an environmental crisis, but also a consequence of unsustainable patterns of production and consumption and an “economy that kills.”— Manifesto of the churches...

Repeated calls to increase military spending, and the choices that follow, are presented by many government leaders as a justified response to external threats. … The response to new challenges seems to involve not only enormous economic investment in rearmament, but also a...

We must encourage everyone to leave weapons behind, and to leave behind the money-making that is behind every war. Many times, with the arms trade, people become just tools without any value. We must constantly insist on the dignity of every human being—Christian, Muslim,...

God does not bless any conflict. Anyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs. Military action will not create space for freedom or times of peace, which comes only from the patient...

The threat of [nuclear weapons’] use, as well as their very possession, is to be firmly condemned. For they exist in the service of a mentality of fear that affects not only the parties in conflict but the entire human race. International relations cannot be held...

In order to build a future together with our young people that achieves the common good and harnesses the potential of artificial intelligence, it is necessary to restore and strengthen their confidence in the human ability to guide the development of these technologies...

As the Church accompanied the formation of union leaders in the past, today we ought to accompany the popular movements. This means accompanying humanity, walking together in shared respect for human dignity and in the common desire for justice, love and peace.—Pope Leo...