The Economic Part Is The One That

I See The Church As A Field Hospital After Battle. It Is Useless To Ask A Seriously Injured Person If He Has High Cholesterol And About The Level Of His Blood Sugars. You Have To Heal His Wounds. Then We Can Talk About Everything Else.

Let Us Pray For The Many Christians In The World Who Still Suffer Persecution And Violence. May God Grant Them The Courage Of Fidelity.

We Have Begun A Throw Away Culture. This Tendency Is Seen On The Level Of Individuals And Whole Societies; And It Is Being Promoted! In Circumstances Like These, Solidarity, Which Is The Treasure Of The Poor, Is Often Considered Counterproductive, Opposed To The Logic Of Finance And The Economy. While The Income Of A Minority Is Increasing Exponentially, That Of The Majority Is Crumbling.

...these Things Become The Norm: That Some Homeless People Die Of Cold On The Streets Is Not News. In Contrast, A Ten Point Drop On The Stock Markets Of Some Cities, Is A Tragedy. A Person Dying Is Not News, But If The Stock Markets Drop Ten Points It Is A Tragedy! Thus People Are Disposed Of, As If They Were Trash.

May We Learn To Say “thank You” To God And To One Another. We Teach Children To Do It, And Then We Forget To Do It Ourselves!