Posts Tagged ‘Middle East’
Christian leaders urge world to intervene in Gaza | Reuters
Conscious of being part of the wider world-community, we recognize the need to collaborate responsibly with people of good will everywhere in pursuing all that is true, noble and just, – Passionist Constitutions, #69 Christian leaders urge world to intervene in Gaza | Reuters. For our part the North American Passionist JPIC Office deplores the ... Read more
Israel and Palestine, a people engaged in a spiral of violence
The Financial Times offered this article on January 6th. FT.com / UK – Israel’s self-defeating Gaza offensive. I found this article insightful insofar as it describes in detail the spiral of violence that the current Israeli offensive is setting off. In the article the author describes the perspective that was shared to him by an ... Read more
FT.com / Middle East / Arab-Israel conflict – ‘Even our homes are not safe. There’s nowhere safe in Gaza’
Recently, Pope Benedict XVI offered the following Christmas message: May the many people who continue to dwell in darkness and the shadow of death (cf. Lk 1:79) come to know the power of God’s saving grace! May the divine Light of Bethlehem radiate throughout the Holy Land, where the horizon seems once again bleak for ... Read more
BBC NEWS | Europe | Pope laments global instability
We hope you and your family are enjoying this wonderful Christmas season. At the Midnight Mass Pope Benedict XVI shared a special message. BBC NEWS | Europe | Pope laments global instability. Lamenting all the violence that exists in our world but particularly in Africa and the Middle East the Pope has rightfully identified “self-interest” as ... Read more
Catholics meet Obama team, discuss policy | National Catholic Reporter
Platform for the Common Good This summer the North American Passionist JPIC Office took part in the Convention for the Common Good. At this event a number of Catholic communities and organizations joined to develop a political platform that would take a consistent approach with the Catholic social principle of the common good. Pope John ... Read more
Recent News & Blogs
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International Day of Non-Violence
Lectionary Reflections,Passion for Justice - September 28, 2011
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Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: “The Wisdom to know the Difference”
Lectionary Reflections - July 21, 2011
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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: The Good and Evil Wolf
Lectionary Reflections - July 14, 2011
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Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Comprehending the Incomprehensible
Lectionary Reflections - July 7, 2011
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July 4th Reflection on Religious Liberty
Passion for Justice - July 1, 2011
