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With Ukraine’s shipping ports closed due to its deadly war with Russia, millions of people who are dependent on the imports of food from the Eastern European country are on the verge of starvation.
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With Ukraine’s shipping ports closed due to its deadly war with Russia, millions of people who are dependent on the imports of food from the Eastern European country are on the verge of starvation.


Our world is awash with both conventional and nuclear weapons. It is one of the largest businesses in the planet. Let us urge our national and international leaders to work toward building a world without weapons by significantly cutting weapons funding.


The true mark of Christian discipleship is offering oneself for the good of others, accepting the daily hardships as a sharing in Christ’s suffering. In the end, the followers of Jesus will experience the joy of the Resurrection.


It is not out of malice or ideology that the poor vote as they do. They are simply deprived of the right information. If voters have access to correct information, they will vote differently. As the Bible says, “the truth shall set you free!”


In this New Year, let us commit to building the kingdom of God–one human family with God as our loving Father, each person as our beloved brother or sister, and the earth, our common home, cherished as a mother.


The world, and especially those nations that waged war in Afghanistan, cannot largely ignore the life and death emergency facing the long-suffering Afghan people. These are our brothers and sisters crying for our help.





In his video message for the Fourth World Meeting of Popular Movements, the Holy Father insisted on the necessity to change the “structures of sin” present in our society. “Personal change is necessary but it is also indispensable to adjust our socio-economic models,” he added.





Conservative and liberal Catholics are divided on issues of life and death. Both need desperately to forge a unity and develop holistic strategies aimed at protecting the dignity of every single human being from conception to natural death.





The evidence of climate change is more visible than ever as global heating affects each and every region of our planet. The only way to stop other ecological disasters from buffeting our planet is to quickly switch to clean and renewable energy.





Numerous studies confirm that immigrants are less likely to commit violent crimes than U.S.-born citizens. The truth is that immigrants greatly contribute to the economy especially in the agricultural sector.
