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SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN TIMES We live in a chaotic world, in a society where the differences between people are growing wider and louder. It doesn't take much to remind us of the terrible destruction that flows from anger - wounded hearts, broken homes and families, ruined relationships and shattered lives. Anger so often leads to hatred and suspicion. It blinds our judgment. It festers, makes us petty and spiteful and destroys our peace of mind. Anger such as this can kill us, and yet we will not let it go. READ MORE

25 YEARS AFTER 9/11, WAR IS STILL NOT THE ANSWER Twenty-five years after 9/11, another world is still possible. Congress can honor this anniversary by rejecting policies rooted in fear and violence, reasserting constitutional authority over war and protecting the rights and dignity of all people in this country. We do not have to choose between security and justice; lasting security depends on pursuing both. IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO REMEMBER 9/11. WE NEED TO RECOMMIT TO PEACE For this milestone anniversary, some quiet contemplation in our ever-noisy world seems essential to continue processing the attacks and their aftermath, but also as a starting point to consider how we can advocate for peace in our world.   THE U.S. BISHOPS ARE SPEAKING OUT FORCEFULLY ON POLITICS — AND FINALLY BEING HEARD Individual bishops have found public ways to witness to the dignity of our migrant brothers and sisters. Bishops have also started to speak up against the war in Iran. These “mark a new willingness on the part of both individual bishops and bishops acting through the conference to act to make sure the church’s teaching is heard clearly.   CARE FOR CREATION AND THE QUESTION OF WAR Pope Leo XIV’s message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation binds environmental breakdown to war, urging that the energies now absorbed by rearmament be redirected toward human development. AS POSTWAR ORDER FRAYS, POPE LEO ARTICULATES A VISION FOR PEACE THROUGH HUMAN DIGNITY As wars multiply and the post-World War II international order comes under increasing strain, Pope Leo XIV has spent the opening months of his pontificate articulating a Catholic vision for international relations rooted in human dignity, international law and multilateral cooperation. TRANSGENDER LIVES ARE NOT A 'CULTURAL ISSUE' To treat a minoritized and vulnerable population like the trans community as a political liability, as a population of persons that can be abandoned or denigrated for the sake of potentially scoring political points is sinful and disgusting. CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE NEEDS A PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSE. THE CATHOLIC CHURCH CAN HELP Imagine if the Catholic Church's global infrastructure became one of the world's largest implementation networks for evidence-based child sexual abuse prevention. “WE CANNOT REMAIN AS UNENGAGED SPECTATORS” Pope Leo XIV told the crowd in St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday that Catholics “cannot remain as unengaged spectators” before the injustices of their own age, calling Catholics into public life two months before America votes.