Cardinal Robert W. McElroy decried the U.S. war with Iran as “an immoral war,” during a vigil Mass for peace April 11 at his Washington cathedral.
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The event featured readings from the Book of Genesis and the Quran about Abraham and Sarah welcoming three strangers and offering them a meal in their tent.
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The danger today is not recognizing “the Spirit speaking through voices that sound different from our own,” Nigerian Bishop Stephen Dami Mamza said.
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“Principles of human dignity and compassion are discarded in favor of a calculus that values the acquisition of wealth, military power” and stoking divisions.
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Mary “walks with us in our struggles, not as a distant figure, but as a mother. She accompanies us in the battle and reminds us hope is stronger than fear.”
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“The Scriptures point unswervingly to the need to keep the poor and the powerless at the forefront of our thoughts and actions,” Cardinal McElroy said.
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WASHINGTON (OSV News) — St. Pier Giorgio Frassati, canonized by Pope Leo XIV Sept. 7, now has a special connection to Washington. A parish in the nation’s capital that has …
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“These people, their livelihoods, their families have been shook up … (when you’re) out of a job, that’s painful,” said Hilly Trinity’s pastor.
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“We must abandon the fists, weapons, and tools of violence we hold in our hands, and stop creating and using nuclear weapons.”
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Groups of Asian and Pacific Island Catholics processed down the national shrine’s main aisle, led by pilgrims carrying arches of colorful crepe-paper flowers.
