Michael Bayer
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"Above all, the prophets remind us of the moral state of a people: Few are guilty, but all are responsible." - Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
Pope Leo condemns "grave crimes" being committed against immigrants.
Significant, as violent immigration raids by heavily armed federal agents here in the Pope's hometown of Chicago have increased dramatically over the past couple of weeks.
www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...
Significant, as violent immigration raids by heavily armed federal agents here in the Pope's hometown of Chicago have increased dramatically over the past couple of weeks.
www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...
October 23, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Pope Leo condemns "grave crimes" being committed against immigrants.
Significant, as violent immigration raids by heavily armed federal agents here in the Pope's hometown of Chicago have increased dramatically over the past couple of weeks.
www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...
Significant, as violent immigration raids by heavily armed federal agents here in the Pope's hometown of Chicago have increased dramatically over the past couple of weeks.
www.reuters.com/world/pope-l...
On this day 10 years ago, Pope Francis delivered an historic speech to Congress.
He issued a sweeping prophetic challenge for the U.S. to live up to its ideals, words that are even more urgent today.
Full text:
www.vatican.va/content/fran...
He issued a sweeping prophetic challenge for the U.S. to live up to its ideals, words that are even more urgent today.
Full text:
www.vatican.va/content/fran...
September 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
On this day 10 years ago, Pope Francis delivered an historic speech to Congress.
He issued a sweeping prophetic challenge for the U.S. to live up to its ideals, words that are even more urgent today.
Full text:
www.vatican.va/content/fran...
He issued a sweeping prophetic challenge for the U.S. to live up to its ideals, words that are even more urgent today.
Full text:
www.vatican.va/content/fran...
10 years ago this week, Pope Francis addressed the UN. He called for radical action to protect the environment, end global conflicts, and build societies that protect the civil rights of all persons, particularly the poor and vulnerable.
Read the full text here: www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
Read the full text here: www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
September 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
10 years ago this week, Pope Francis addressed the UN. He called for radical action to protect the environment, end global conflicts, and build societies that protect the civil rights of all persons, particularly the poor and vulnerable.
Read the full text here: www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
Read the full text here: www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...
Few have ever embodied the Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi as did Fr. Mychal Judge.
He gave winter coats to people living on the streets.
He ministered to individuals suffering from AIDS.
He campaigned for peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland.
"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace..."
He gave winter coats to people living on the streets.
He ministered to individuals suffering from AIDS.
He campaigned for peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland.
"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace..."
September 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Few have ever embodied the Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi as did Fr. Mychal Judge.
He gave winter coats to people living on the streets.
He ministered to individuals suffering from AIDS.
He campaigned for peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland.
"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace..."
He gave winter coats to people living on the streets.
He ministered to individuals suffering from AIDS.
He campaigned for peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland.
"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace..."
"Nuclear weapons must be banned," wrote Pope John XXIII in his sweeping, prophetic encyclical, Pacem in Terris ("Peace on Earth") in 1963.
Like many of the bishops attending the Second Vatican Council, Pope John had seen war firsthand, serving as a chaplain in WWI.
www.vatican.va/content/john...
Like many of the bishops attending the Second Vatican Council, Pope John had seen war firsthand, serving as a chaplain in WWI.
www.vatican.va/content/john...
August 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
"Nuclear weapons must be banned," wrote Pope John XXIII in his sweeping, prophetic encyclical, Pacem in Terris ("Peace on Earth") in 1963.
Like many of the bishops attending the Second Vatican Council, Pope John had seen war firsthand, serving as a chaplain in WWI.
www.vatican.va/content/john...
Like many of the bishops attending the Second Vatican Council, Pope John had seen war firsthand, serving as a chaplain in WWI.
www.vatican.va/content/john...
Today—August 6th—marks the 80th anniversary of the U.S. dropping an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
During a 2019 visit to Japan, Pope Francis called for "a world without nuclear weapons" and condemned their use as "immoral."
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/n...
During a 2019 visit to Japan, Pope Francis called for "a world without nuclear weapons" and condemned their use as "immoral."
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/n...
August 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Today—August 6th—marks the 80th anniversary of the U.S. dropping an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
During a 2019 visit to Japan, Pope Francis called for "a world without nuclear weapons" and condemned their use as "immoral."
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/n...
During a 2019 visit to Japan, Pope Francis called for "a world without nuclear weapons" and condemned their use as "immoral."
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/n...
"Well done, good and faithful servant. Come and share in your Master's joy!"
I hope and pray that we may be able to carry forward Pope Francis' clarion moral voice for true justice and lasting peace.
I hope and pray that we may be able to carry forward Pope Francis' clarion moral voice for true justice and lasting peace.
April 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
"Well done, good and faithful servant. Come and share in your Master's joy!"
I hope and pray that we may be able to carry forward Pope Francis' clarion moral voice for true justice and lasting peace.
I hope and pray that we may be able to carry forward Pope Francis' clarion moral voice for true justice and lasting peace.
Today is the Feast of Mother Cabrini—she combatted vicious anti-immigrant sentiment and took on powerful churchmen and political leaders on her way to establishing hospitals, orphanages, & social agencies across the Americas
Highly recommend streaming the movie: athome.fandango.com/content/brow...
Highly recommend streaming the movie: athome.fandango.com/content/brow...
November 13, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Today is the Feast of Mother Cabrini—she combatted vicious anti-immigrant sentiment and took on powerful churchmen and political leaders on her way to establishing hospitals, orphanages, & social agencies across the Americas
Highly recommend streaming the movie: athome.fandango.com/content/brow...
Highly recommend streaming the movie: athome.fandango.com/content/brow...