“A very solid scientific consensus indicates that we are presently witnessing a disturbing warming of the climatic system,” warns Pope Francis.In his environmental encyclical …
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By Tony Magliano
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11/19/15
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While much needed attention is being given to refugees flowing from war-torn Syria, one desperately suffering Middle East nation is barely a blip on the developed world’s radar screen.
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Tony Magliano
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10/29/15
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For the sake of our salvation, we need to pay serious attention, and act with purpose, to what Jesus teaches here in Matthew’s Gospel: “When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit upon his glorious throne, and all the nations will be assembled before him.
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Tony Magliano
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10/15/15
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As the first pope in history to address a joint session of Congress, Pope Francis, defending the human right of masses of oppressed and poor people to immigrate, said, “We must not be taken aback by their number, but rather view them as persons, seeing their faces and listening to their stories, trying to respond as best we can to their situation.
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By Tony Magliano
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10/1/15
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How low can society go?
When one considers the many ways countless human beings are treated like cheap disposable products – from children exploited by pornographers, to young sweatshop workers exploited by wealthy corporations – it’s hard to imagine how much worse it can get for the poor and vulnerable.
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By Tony Magliano
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8/20/15
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Seventy years ago, on August 6, 1945, the single most destructive weapon ever unleashed upon human beings and the environment – the atomic bomb – was dropped by an American B-29 bomber on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing approximately 80,000 people.
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Tony Magliano
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8/6/15
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Back in the mid-1980s, I was working as a director of religious education at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in western Maryland.
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By Tony Magliano
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6/11/15
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“The God of peace is never glorified by human violence,” wrote the famous Trappist monk Thomas Merton.
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Tony Magliano
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5/28/15
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Who would have predicted it?
Who would have imagined on Feb. 3, 1977, the day of his appointment as archbishop of San Salvador, that the highly conservative Oscar Romero -- who was suspicious of the Catholic church’s involvement in political activism -- would die a martyr’s death for courageously defending his people against the murderous assaults of the Salvadoran government and military and their allied right-wing death squads?
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BY TONY MAGLIANO
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5/21/15
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As the minds and hearts of Christians throughout the world recently focused on the suffering, death and resurrection of our Lord Jesus, we naturally think of the Holy Land.
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Tony Magliano
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4/23/15
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Writing a column on social justice and peace offers me plenty of timely issues to choose from. And I always truly sense from God the exact issue he desires that I write on.
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Tony Magliano
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3/19/15
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“In the days to come, the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established as the highest mountain and raised above the hills,” writes the prophet Isaiah.
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Tony Magliano
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3/5/15
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“The kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the Gospel.”
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By Tony Magliano
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2/19/15
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When it comes to the harsh difficulties many Native Americans face every day, the saying “out of sight, out mind” hits home.
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By Tony Magliano
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2/12/15
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What a sight!
More than 25 times from the top of Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., I have seen a sea of people marching to proclaim the dignity of unborn human life, and how death-dealing abortion sends the unholy message that some human beings are disposable.
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Tony Magliano
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1/22/15
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“Tragically, the growing scourge of man’s exploitation by man gravely damages the life of communion and our calling to forge interpersonal relations marked by respect, justice and love,” writes Pope Francis in his Jan. 1 World Day of Peace Message.
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Tony Magliano
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1/8/15
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In early December, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) stopped feeding 1.7 million Syrian refugees.
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By Tony Magliano
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12/25/14
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Just imagine for a moment that you have no home.
What will you do for meals today? Where will you shower? Where will you sleep? If you have children, how will you provide for them?
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By Tony Magliano
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11/13/14
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With numerous armed conflicts raging in various parts of the world, and the Vietnam War worsening, Pope Paul VI on Oct. 4, 1965 proclaimed before the U.N. General Assembly: “No more war, war never again. It is peace, peace which must guide the destinies of peoples and of all mankind.”
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By Tony Magliano
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10/30/14
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True respect for life requires us to get out of our comfort zone.
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Tony Magliano
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10/23/14
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