When Walls Are More Merciful Than Bridges
"Mercy," said the Pope, "is much more effective than walls."
"Mercy," said the Pope, "is much more effective than walls."
It is not too strong to call what is happening to Christians in Syria and Iraq a genocide.
One urgent pastoral matter that Pope Francis has been addressing as the Chief Shepherd of his flock is the refugee crisis in Europe, but it also affects us.
We need to pray that our elected federal officials will find the courage in this new year of Our Lord, 2014, to finally pass real immigration reform.
As he prepares to lead the largest archdiocese in the United States, Archbishop Jose Gomez, spoke with CNA in an exclusive interview addressing the role of Hispanics in the U.S. Catholic Church.
Not for the first time, the world finds itself in an age of great movements of peoples.