Life Update! Some big changes for the Lawson family.

Russia hits hospitals. Over and over. Country to country. "Putin sent warplanes to systematically target hospitals During the siege of Alepp, more than 440 civilians died, including 90 children. The attacks killed newborn babies, doctors, and students." foreignpolicy.com/2022/04/18/ukr…

I simply don’t understand how anyone can defend the long-running atrocity being perpetrated by Israel in Gaza. It is simply wicked.

Habemus papam

An NYU graduate demonstrates much more moral clarity and courage than First Things, a magazine that should have ended long ago. nbcnews.com/news/us-news/n…

From #Gaza, the cries of parents rise to heaven ever more intensely as they clutch the lifeless bodies of their children, searching for food and shelter from bombs. I renew my appeal to leaders: cease fire, release all hostages, and fully respect international humanitarian law!

human kind Cannot bear very much reality.

Went to Mass today to pray for the conversion of violent ICE agents engaging in unjust and dehumanizing behavior. Came out of Mass to discover that ICE had executed another citizen. How anyone can claim to be Christian and support this is utterly beyond me.

I’m thinking Pope Leo’s first encyclical should be like Mit brennender Sorge addressed specifically to the churches in the USA