Posts Tagged ‘politics’

“Ideological Manipulation of Religion”

May 13, 2009

Pope Benedict XVI has been visiting the Middle East this past week. He has made a number of stops and speeches and so far his messages have been well received by the Muslim, Christian and Jewish community. On Saturday March 9 Pope Benedict visited the Al-Hussein Bin Talal mosque in Jordan and gave a stirring ... Read more

In Passion for Justice | Tagged Christians, Jews, Muslim, partisan politics, Peace, politics, Pope Benedict XVI, terrorist, Thomas Aquinas

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A New Era of Responsibility

Jan 21, 2009

As I listened to Barack Obama’s inauguration speech I began to reflect on the theme of Hope. During the presidential campaign Obama ran on a platform based on hope and change. Coincidently, in 2007, Pope Benedict XVI offered his most recent Encyclical on the theme of hope. In this document Pope Benedict places considerable attention ... Read more

In Passion for Justice | Tagged Catholic, Catholic Social Teaching, Economic Justice, hope, inauguration, justice, Obama, politics, Pope Benedict XVI, Spe Salvi, suffering

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Catholics meet Obama team, discuss policy | National Catholic Reporter

Dec 22, 2008

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

In Passion for Justice | Tagged Africa, Catholic Social Teaching, Catholics, common good, environment, global warming, Iraq, Middle East, Obama, Option for the Poor, politics