During World War II, historical accounts vary as to how much German citizens knew about Nazi subhuman prisoner work and extermination camps. The evidence seems to reveal that some Germans had a clear understanding of the horrors that were happening, while others knew very little. According to Wikipedia, after the war a common German response […]
WASHINGTON — Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, has called for peace and an “immediate ceasefire” following the bombing of the only Catholic church in Gaza. “With the Holy Father, the Catholic bishops of the United States are deeply saddened to learn about the deaths and injuries at Holy […]
How is it possible that so much of the world is silent: silent with the full knowledge of genocide being inflicted upon children, pregnant women with their unborn babies, the elderly, and countless innocent people in Israeli occupied Gaza? And with silence comes inertia – the tendency to do nothing. The shameful endless flow of […]
WASHINGTON — Catholic Relief Services is calling on Israel to resume allowing its humanitarian aid teams access to the Palestinian Gaza Strip to deliver food and other supplies to civilians as a partial blockade continues. Israel imposed a full blockade on humanitarian assistance into Gaza in early March just before it launched new military offenses […]
During his flight from Singapore to Rome, after his whirlwind pastoral visit to countries in Asia and Oceania, Pope Francis was asked by a CBS News journalist what advice he would give to Catholic voters in the upcoming U.S. presidential election when “faced with a candidate who supports ending a pregnancy and another who wants […]
In a recent interview with the Italian newspaper La Stampa, Pope Francis powerfully stated, “I will never tire of reiterating my call, addressed in particular to those who have political responsibility: ‘Stop the bombs and missiles now, end hostile stances (everywhere).’ … A global cease-fire is urgent: either we do not realize it, or we […]
Think of a newborn baby. In your mind’s eye marvel at the beauty, the complexity, the mystery of this tiny human being. And consider that this baby just didn’t magically somehow appear at birth, but rather, was exquisitely knitted together in the mother’s womb through myriad mathematically incalculable step by step, perfectly ordered cellular processes, […]
Hamas brutally, immorally attacked Israel, killing many innocent Israelis. No excuse can justify this. And no excuse can justify Israel’s counter attacks brutally, immorally killing many innocent Gazans. As I write, Israel is preparing to execute a massive military attack into Gaza. This will surely inflict tremendous additional suffering upon countless innocent civilians – especially […]
