A dispatch from the border
Justice Matters
Who Belongs? Everyone Belongs!
By Jeanette Arnquist
“Therefore, the primary and fundamental mission of the Church is to be a ‘field hospital,’ a place of healing, mercy and forgiveness, and to be the source of hope for all suffering, the desperate, the poor, the sinners, and the discarded.” – Pope Francis
The Common Good and God’s dream for His people
By Jeanette Arnquist
It is imperative that no one...indulge in a merely individualistic morality. The best way to fulfill one’s obligations of justice and love is to contribute to the common good according to one’s means and the needs of others, and also to promote and help public and private organizations devoted to bettering the conditions of life.
Gaudium et Spes (“The Church in the Modern World”), Vatican II, 1965 #30