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By Paula Katinas | The Tablet
MIDTOWN MANHATTAN — A new mural at St. Patrick’s Cathedral depicting immigrants of past and present makes a statement on the Church’s stance on the immigration issue, according to Cardinal Timothy Dolan.
“Some have asked me, ‘Are you trying to make a statement about immigration?’ Sure, we are,” he said. “Mainly, that immigrants are children of God.”
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PROVIDENCE — Providence College (PC) announced today that Gloria Purvis, a renowned Catholic scholar, speaker, and journalist, has joined the College as special advisor for Integral Human Development and Dignity. Gloria will be part of the Office of Mission & Ministry in a new role that combines the work of mission and ministry, the School of Nursing and Health Sciences and institutional equity.
PC Executive Vice President for Mission/Chief Operating Officer Father Thomas More Garrett, O.P. said, “Gloria will lend considerable expertise and enthusiasm to our community at Providence College. Her wealth of experience spans several areas of ministry, media, and social justice.”
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In 2018 the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued their pastoral letter on racism, “Open Wide Your Hearts.” The document called people to have an enduring love for people of different backgrounds.
“Racism still profoundly affects our culture, and it has no place in the Christian heart … what is needed is a genuine conversion of heart, a conversion that will compel change …” the bishops wrote.
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by Caitlin Cipolla-McCulloch | America
The story of Pentecost in Acts places Mary the mother of God in the upper room with the disciples. Scripture passages from Acts 1 and 2 affirm the presence of Mary at the beginning of the church’s ministry after the death and resurrection of Christ. We read the passage from Acts 2 during the 50-day paschal celebration of unbounded Easter joy in the liturgical calendar.
This year, the liturgical calendar placed Easter just before May, a month dotted with Marian feast days and heralded by Paul VI as “a month [during] which the piety of the faithful has long [been] dedicated to Mary, the Mother of God.” That month, we also saw the election of Pope Leo XIV as the successor to Pope Francis.
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The new Subcommittee for the Promotion of Racial Justice and Reconciliation will fall under the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development.
WASHINGTON – The Administrative Committee of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) approved the transition of the Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism into a permanent subcommittee of the Conference on September 9. The new Subcommittee for the Promotion of Racial Justice and Reconciliation will fall under the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, whose mandate includes Catholic social teaching on issues of domestic concern such as poverty, housing, the environment, criminal justice, and other challenges that often have a disproportionate impact on communities of color.
Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the USCCB, noted the significance of the move as affirmation of the bishops’ ongoing commitment to addressing the sin of racism. Referencing the bishops’ 2018 pastoral letter against racism, Open Wide Our Hearts, he said, “The Subcommittee for the Promotion of Racial Justice and Reconciliation continues the important work of the temporary ad hoc committee. As we call for a genuine conversion of heart that will compel change at both individual and institutional levels, I invite all Catholics to join us as we carry forward this work to recognize and uphold the inherent dignity of every person made in the image and likeness of God.”