“Do everything in love." - 1 Corinthians 16:14
Can you believe Election Day is less than a week away? We've faithfully prayed with each other throughout this season and have done all we can to get ourselves and our loved ones formed in the mind and heart of the Church. Now we must move forward and perform our civic duty, and vote with a properly formed conscience.
Have you been accused of being a “one issue voter” because you vote in accordance with Catholic Church teaching with regard to protecting and defending life? If so, you’re not alone. In fact, you are in very good company.
Recently on the Women of Grace Live radio program, we received a letter from Angela, who shared her heart-wrenching story with Johnnette. She and her husband had recently experienced racism first hand. Through her pain and fear, Angela was able to pray for her persecutors, but asked Johnnette to intercede that they would understand their role going forward and for justice to prevail in their situation.
In light of the heightened discord and animosity that has invaded American society in the past decade, for the first time in over 40 years, the full body of U.S. bishops has issued a rare pastoral letter dealing with the subject of racism and is encouraging the faithful to prayerfully read this document.
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDSMembers of the African American community are crying foul after a black woman, who was looking for a Father’s Day card at Target that her family could identify with, found her only choice to be a card featuring a black couple kissing behind the words “Baby Daddy.”
A City University of New York (CUNY) professor is under fire today after sending out a tweetstorm of criticism of the “white nuclear family,” saying white couples who have babies and who leave their homes to their children are perpetuating the problem of white supremacy.
New technology that allow parents to choose the genetic characteristics of their babies threatens to breed new forms of racism, the Vatican said during a United Nations conference on racism which was held recently in Geneva.
