by Pierre Thompson Pax Christi Northern California Regional Representative During the season of Lent, Christians are called to imitate Christ by recognizing and resisting temptation. With the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the greatest temptations of our body politic is to raise our defenses and ignore the suffering of others. President Trump’s declaration … Continue reading We must resist the “war” on coronavirus
REFLECTION: A world without war – why it’s no fantasy
by David Carroll Cochran, Commonweal Last July Pope Francis spoke about the hundredth anniversary of World War I to a crowd gathered for the Angelus in St. Peter’s Square. He used the occasion to exhort his listeners to abolish war: “Never war! Never war! I think most of all about children, whose hopes for a … Continue reading REFLECTION: A world without war – why it’s no fantasy