Racism denies that all people have equal dignity, and further denies that we are all created in the image and likeness of God. As Catholics, we must defend and support any and all of our brothers and sisters who experience racial inequity. The Black Lives Matter movement aims to combat white supremacy and...
During the better part of the past year, we have found ourselves engulfed in a crisis situation that has affected all of humanity. The Covid-19 pandemic and all of its side effects have converged in a crisis that we did not choose but that has nevertheless forced itself into our lives and disrupted...
Companies are usually driven by maximization of profit. Increasingly, though, the social responsibility of companies is becoming a concern for societies and consumers alike. People enjoy buying from companies selling high-quality products at affordable prices, but which also have a positive impact in the community. In Caritas in Veritate, Benedict XVI acknowledges this...
There is only one rock on which it is worthwhile to place everything. This rock is the one to whom Christ said: ‘You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church.’ — Pope Benedict XVI Meeting with Youth at Błonie Park Kraków, Poland 27 May 2006 Today is the Feast...
Nowadays, it is easy to be tempted to turn the page, to say that all these things happened long ago and we should look to the future. For God’s sake, no! We can never move forward without remembering the past; we do not progress without an honest and unclouded memory. – Pope Francis, Fratelli Tutti, 249...
Over the past year, I have heard a lot of people–most of whom are fellow Catholics–lamenting the difficulty of discerning the truth about current events. What really happened, and how can we know? Some people are genuinely confused about how to understand the protests for racial justice that occurred last summer, the coronavirus...
A reflection on the Sunday readings for February 21, 2021 — the First Sunday in Lent Yesterday, I celebrated the funeral of the woman who gave me my favorite Lent story. She was a very pious woman and had a great sense of humor. I visited her a couple of years back on Ash...
” Lent is not just about the little sacrifices we make, but about discerning where our hearts are directed. This is the core of Lent: asking where our hearts are directed. Let us ask: Where is my life’s navigation system taking me – towards God or towards myself? Do I live to please the...
Lent is a time that many Catholics choose to give up social media, but for those of us who stay active, Lent is a good time to rethink our online behavior. In the spirit of Pope Francis’s encyclical Fratelli Tutti, perhaps we can also reflect this Lent on the way we engage in...
Well, we just got our multimedia output for 2021 going earlier tonight with the first episode of “Where Peter Is Live.” We didn’t announce it publicly in advance and we tipped off our Patreon subscribers just an hour before we went live, because we didn’t know what to expect! Rachel Amiri did a...
In Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus challenges us to go “and learn the meaning of the words, ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice’” (9:13). Here Jesus quotes from Hosea Chapter 6, which begins with a call to return to the Lord who will heal us and bind our wounds. I believe this is what Christ desires...
Pope Francis said recently that prayer is “an art to be practiced with insistence.” Similarly, Francis once tweeted, “Praying is not like using a magic wand. Prayer requires commitment, constancy and determination.” Prayer takes practice! But like any art, someone has to teach us how to pray. We learn from our parents, from...
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