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Are We Afraid of Black American History?
Does it traumatize you to hear the truths of Black American history? Are they too dangerous? Do we have to hide from them in fear? Or can we handle the truth in the stories of our nation’s history? A Martin Luther King Day reflection.
Tom Faletti
Jan 186 min read
First Do No Harm – Counting the Cost of Governmental Negligence
How long would it take to name all the people whose lives have been devastated by USAID cuts? The abrupt termination of humanitarian assistance provided by Catholic Relief Services and other aid organizations ignored the first rule of reform: Don’t make things worse. Join me in trying to count the names....
Tom Faletti
Dec 7, 20256 min read
We Are Called to Cultivate and Care for the Earth and Its People
Evangelical and Catholic Christians all over the world, except for some in the United States, know that climate change is real and are working to reverse the damage to our planet and address the ways it disrupts and devastates so many lives. At a conference, Pope Leo said: God will ask us if we cultivated and cared for the world and took care of our brothers and sisters. In the Bible, God commands us to do both. Do we?
Tom Faletti
Oct 2, 20256 min read
Welcoming Immigrants is Not Political, It’s Christian
People who oppose immigration accuse Christians of being “political.” Their argument is with God, not with us. Jesus told us to “welcome the stranger.” We are just following his teachings. National Migration Week is a good time to recall that Catholics have celebrated World Day for Migrants and Refugees for 111 years and Christians have supported migrants from the earliest days of the faith. It's not new, and it's not political.
Tom Faletti
Sep 22, 20255 min read
Sound a Bell, Take a Step, Be a Peacemaker
What difference can a bell make? The atomic bomb that killed 74,000 people in Nagasaki permanently silenced one of the two bells of the city’s Urakami Cathedral. Thanks to James Nolan, exactly 80 years later a replacement bell rang out for the first time, a gift from Christians as a tangible act of peacemaking and solidarity. How can you or I be a peacemaker?
Tom Faletti
Aug 29, 20256 min read
A New Voice for Justice Comes to Washington
Cardinal Robert McElroy champions justice and calls us to protect the powerless, the homeless, workers, the poor, and refugees.
Tom Faletti
Jan 20, 20255 min read
Jimmy Carter, Role Model of Faith in Action
Jimmy Carter never lost his empathy for people in small towns. He showed us how to practice solidarity, which is the call of all Christians.
Tom Faletti
Jan 12, 20254 min read
Nonviolence – Effective Methods Inspired by Christ
Civil rights leader Rev. James Lawson was a masterful teacher who showed us how to practice nonviolence and love others as Jesus taught.
Tom Faletti
Jun 13, 20246 min read
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