Father Christopher has dodged Muslim extremists in Sudan, killers in the D.R., and cartels in Mexico in order to bring schools, clinics, and the Gospel to the poor.
Mexico's revolution of 100 years ago sought to extirpate Catholic faith. Thanks for lay faithful, it was not entirely successful but at the cost of blood.
Cardinal Zuppi’s proposal is not new. For example, Cardinal Jozef De Kesel has defended the position, which stems from a 1960s-era theology and the thought of Jacques Maritain, who dreamed of a “new Christendom” detached from the old.
A conference held among community leaders became a call to arms to address growing indifference to the national security of Israel and the Jewish people