Tony Magliano

Making a Difference: The U.S. government's treatment of people coming here to seek refuge is unchristian. Just imagine the indignation expressed in Jesus' words if they had been, "I was stranger, and not only did you not welcome me, you took my child from me!"

Making a Difference: Where is the outcry — especially Christian outcry — for serious sustained negotiations and dialogue on all fronts? Instead of military surges, we need multi-front diplomatic surges.

Making a Difference: Challenging world oil executives to recognize the urgent environmental need to quickly transition from fossil fuel extraction and burning to clean energy production, Pope Francis called them to take to heart that "civilization requires energy, but energy must not destroy civilization." 

Making a Difference: Pope Francis writes that the various miseries experienced by countless human beings should cause Christians to feel "a constant and healthy unease" that should inspire us to deeply pray and tirelessly work to help all those who suffer.

Making a Difference: In South Sudan, with civil war violence showing no end in sight, the greatest challenge is to somehow supply food and clean water to several thousand internally displaced persons who have very little, and in many cases, absolutely nothing.

Making a Difference: Rev. King's 1968 death could not silence his truthful words, which continue to challenge a nation to completely abandon acceptance and addiction to racism, inequality, injustice, militarism and violence.

Making a Difference: An honest, open-hearted, open-minded prayerful reflection on Jesus' words and actions will give us sure guidance on how to morally respond to the life and death issues facing our nation and world.

Making a Difference: In 2018, let's take on our God-given mission to actualize the truth that everyone and everything is connected by our loving Father, Creator of all.

Making a Difference: In solidarity with the migrant Holy Family, and in solidarity with migrants and refugees everywhere, let us insist with Francis that our government build bridges — instead of walls — to generously and justly welcome strangers.

Making a Difference: In good conscience, we as faithful Catholics cannot ignore recent historical — and challenging — papal developments.

Making a Difference: When decreasing respect for human life and indifference to violence are combined with easy legal access to guns, the results are not difficult to predict.

Making a Difference: There are 152 million child laborers worldwide, with 73 million in hazardous work. But a U.S. program that helps them is threatened with defunding.

Making a Difference: How often do we really consider the hard work and long hours that farmers, ranchers and farmworkers exert to put food on our table? ​