St. Francis of Assisi, son of a wealthy cloth merchant, stole from his father's shop, sold the goods, tried to give the money away, was arrested, renounced his inheritance, and began to preach the Reign of God. That's the kind of energy we need. St. Francis, pray for us!

"It's not possible to be a Catholic and revolutionary." "Latin American history begs to differ."

"Neither fear of social justice nor blind sympathy for those who seek to achieve it should guide the nations through their crises or the narrator of those crises." --José Martí, "Class War in Chicago"

Homily for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (Photo from the people's mass against militarization and deportation in North Chicago on September 13, 2025)

Praise God, who lifts up the poor!

Pope Leo XIV "DILEXI TE" vatican.va/content/leo-xi…

Invitation to participate in the Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership's Eucharistic procession to the Broadview Detention Center CSPLAction

One cannot love both God and money. Greed is not good.

Lepanto Institute It is a grave mistake to fail to understand the difference between (1) an active desire for everyone to enjoy the basic necessities of life and (2) the sin of envy.

Woe to us if we do not preach the gospel of Jesus Christ, who calls us to stand in solidarity with migrants and with the imprisoned.

David Inczauskis, SJ, denounces the evils of detention and deportation at the Broadview Detention Center alongside hundreds of Catholics during the CSPLAction Eucharistic procession on Saturday, October 11.

God shows a preference for the poor: the Lord’s words of hope and liberation are addressed first of all to them. Therefore, even in their poverty or weakness, no one should feel abandoned. And if the Church wants to be Christ's Church, it must be a Church in which the poor have a