“The wars being fought today involve several regions of the world, but the weapons with which they are fought are produced in entirely different regions - in those same regions that then refuse and turn away the refugees who have been generated by those weapons.”

- Pope Francis

Over the weekend, a group of friends and I came together, driven by the conviction that the recent allegations by the President of the USA require a strong and clear response from white Christians in South Africa.

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A theology that has nothing to say to the the richest men causing death and destruction to the poorest and most vulnerable people, while creating pathways to secure more wealth and power for themselves, is useless in seeking God's kingdom on earth as it is in heaven.

The audiacity of Trump (right next to Netanyahu) to speak about the state of Gaza (as if what happened there was an accident), and his proposed occupation of the land as a real estate investment, as benevolence is just appaling. Ethnic cleansing was always the Netanyahu regime's manufatured plan.

Trump talking about South African land is rich, especially when in the same week he’s talking about taking over Gaza!

Jesuit Priest 👇🏽

One of the biggest blotches of modern Christianity is its impulse to reduce the prophet to a greasy guy telling you about your future. We need to recapture the term for what it is. Here’s theologian Walter Brueggerman for you:

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