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Pope Francis’ Last Urbi et Orbi Easter Message
"URBI ET ORBI" MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS EASTER 2025 Saint Peter's Square Sunday, 20 April 2025 Christ is risen, alleluia! Dear brothers and sisters, Happy Easter! Today at last, the singing of the “alleluia” is heard once more in the Church, passing from mouth to mouth, from heart to heart, and this makes the people of God throughout the world shed tears of joy. From the empty tomb in Jerusalem, we hear unexpected good news: Jesus, who was crucified, “is not ... continue reading
Sacrifice, Creativity, Availability in Bulgakov, Mounier, Dorothy Day, and Fr. John Hugo
“Good and evil are not, after all, two equal and opposing forces” (Sergei Bulgakov) Someone recently asked us if we were going to write about politicians, oligarchs, and technology czars, about their speeches and policies that hurt many. Hundreds of people, however, are already writing about that. We are trying to look more deeply at a spiritual response. There is a crisis. It is not only in the United States. It is such a crisis that the Pontifical Academy for Life is meeting in Rome as we ... continue reading
Welcome Archbishop Joe S. Vásquez
When Archbishop Vésquez was Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston, he celebrated Mass at Casa Juan Diego for the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. He is pictured here at that Mass with Fr. Italo Dell'Oro, who is now our Auxiliary Bishop. All of us at Casa Juan Diego add our voices to the many who welcome our new Archbishop Joe Vásquez to the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. Archbishop Vásquez was Auxiliary Bishop here from 2001 to 2010 when he became Bishop of Austin. He served as Bishop in ... continue reading
Catholic Worker Principles and the Precarity of Migrants
I live in two worlds. For the past 16 years, I have been serving immigrant communities at the Houston Catholic Worker, offering the Works of Mercy, both Corporal[1] and Spiritual[2] to all that cross our door. My day job is directing the social work program at a local university. This is a juggling act—the changing of clothes from one setting to the next, trying to remember did I take a shower; did I eat, which language am I speaking? At my University I am important: senior in rank and status ... continue reading
The Legacy of Pope Francis
UPDATE: We mourn the passing of Pope Francis. Praying to the Holy Spirit for the selection of a good man at the conclave. As we write, Pope Francis is very ill in the hospital with double pneumonia. The world is praying for him. We recall that on March 13, 2013, when the white smoke emerged to show that the first Latin American pope had been elected, the Catholic Workers at Casa Juan Diego were gathered for our luncheon meeting for clarification of thought, watching the ... continue reading
