Iraqis hope papal visit can help unify country's diverse communities
- Mar 2, 2021
At his installation Mass on Friday, Cardinal Joseph Tobin said, “The church senses a responsibility for the world, not simply as yet another institutional presence or a benevolent NGO, but as a movement of salt, light and leaven for the world’s transformation.”
In a time of hot-tempered political polarization, it is all too easy to fuel the divides. But doing nothing faced with the tide of racism and xenophobia unleashed by the Trump election feels wrong too. Father Michael Rogers suggests a third way, inspired by the Catholic Worker movement.