Bringing Forth Things Both Old and New
My talk at Breaking Open the Lineamenta on YouTube
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Pilgrim Prayer
We thank you God for the gifts of memory, understanding and will. May the memory of the righteous ones who have trod this path before us encourage us to act for the justice of your Reign. May the contemplation of people and places desecrated by sin bring us to understanding.… Read More »Pilgrim Prayer
Pilgrimage as a Social Justice Practice
Why is the ancient practice of pilgrimage enjoying new popularity? Recently I was invited to speak at a colloquium breaking open the Lineamenta for the 2012 Synod of Bishops on the new evangelization. I was given the topic Bringing Forth Treasures Both Old and New which prompted me to reflect… Read More »Pilgrimage as a Social Justice Practice
Prayer for Bomb Makers
Be with us God and guide us. Enlighten our minds to understand how we each manufacture and scatter death and destruction in what we do and what we fail to do. Move the hearts of those whose hands make instruments of death, and draw them towards life affirming livelihoods. Help… Read More »Prayer for Bomb Makers
Cluster Bomb Action
Visit the Cluster Munitions Coalition website for the latest information on what your country is doing – or not doing – to stop the manufacture and use of cluster munitions. While you are there you will discover plenty of resources for action. Find out about the Convention on Cluster Munitions… Read More »Cluster Bomb Action
Why Cluster Bombs Should be Banned
Catholic social teaching places great value on human life and is generally opposed to the use of force. In some cases however it concedes that force, even lethal force, may be justifiable as a last resort. Why then did the Vatican City State ratify the Convention Against Cluster Munitions? What… Read More »Why Cluster Bombs Should be Banned