Making a Difference

Although it is Easter season, for much of the world it still feels like Good Friday.   Countless people throughout the world continue to carry... (Read more)

Fifty years ago, Blessed Pope Paul VI gave to the world a truly prophetic encyclical letter Populorum Progressio (“The Development of Peoples),... (Read more)

Recently I was given a unique opportunity to taste some of the bitter hardships endured by fellow human beings fleeing drug-gang violence,... (Read more)

People are beginning to starve to death in South Sudan.  The United Nations has formally declared that a state of famine exists in this east... (Read more)

You may not have heard about it, but it was a big deal – big enough to inspire Pope Francis to get involved. The big deal was the under-reported... (Read more)

In many places throughout the world there is a widening gulf, chasm, gap between races, tribes, classes, cultures, economic factions, political... (Read more)

What a sight!      Over 25 times from the top of Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., I have seen a sea of people marching to proclaim the dignity... (Read more)

I believe it is no mere coincidence that the U.S. national holiday celebrating the inspiring life of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Jan. 16) is... (Read more)

“May charity and nonviolence govern how we treat each other as individuals, within society and in international life.” This statement written by... (Read more)

During this wonderful time of the year, when Christians throughout the world focus minds and hearts on the coming of God himself upon the earth as... (Read more)