Reflection on the Pilgrimage to the Mountains of West Virginia

Pilgrims listen to Maria Gunnoe, a local activist against Mountain Top Removal
“Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be satisfied.” (Mt 5:6)
 
A delegation from our diocese recently journeyed to West Virginia in Appalachia. The seeds for such a trip were planted over a year before when Sr. Robbie Pentecost, chair [...]

Honoring the Martyrs of the 1956 Budapest Uprising

I remember listening to Pope Pius XII on the radio when I was eleven years old. On October 23, 1956 he spoke to the nations of the world of the students and workers in Budapest protesting for freedom from Communist Russia. (Since 1945 Moscow controlled and confiscated the wealth of Eastern Europe, including Hungary. The [...]