International Solidarity Reflection

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O God, authentic development includes efforts to bring about an integral improvement in the quality of human life, and this entails considering the setting in which people live their lives. These settings influence the way we think, feel, and act. Help us to express our identity by responding to...
Pope Francis, in his encyclical letter Laudato Si', published in 2015, called us to a new and universal solidarity, to cooperate as God's instrument for the care of creation, each according to his or her own culture, experience, involvements, and talents. (LS 14) The driving force for this...
Millions of people are on the move, fleeing persecution, authoritarian regimes, political corruption, gang violence, extreme poverty, and climate disasters. Will they find the security they seek for themselves and their families? Will we welcome them as Jesus would? Or will we label them “other,”...