In the United States, there is almost nowhere that is not simultaneously very rich and very poor.

It is easy to mock “wokeness,” writes Kathleen Bonnette, but developing an awareness of the realities that others face is relevant to the first step of the pastoral cycle: seeing.

Pope Francis asked everyone to join a new global grassroots movement to create a more inclusive, fraternal, peaceful and sustainable world.

“Violence is also in the language, in the political decisions, in the conditions of life under which the Gaza population has been living many years.”

A year later, what has changed? As we begin to move on from pandemic and re-enter the real world, are we leaving this issue too fast?

The right to emigrate is central to of Catholic social teaching, but we often neglect the right to live safely in one’s own land. We must help people to stay and build better countries for themselves.