Within God's colorful world and poetic expressions of God's harmonic creation, where is there room for discrimination against people of color and different orientations?
Network Advocates for Catholic Social Justice have issued an 18-page resource in response to Project 2025, the Heritage Foundation's policy document for a future Republican presidential administration.
"Voting our future means that we must dare to create the future of which we dream," writes Sr. Eilis McCulloh. "We must live in the hope that this future is possible."
The words of Anne Frank and Amanda Gorman give Sr. Margaret Cessna hope that the world can be better. "Why not organize and put the universe to work?" she writes. "What if we did hearts across America?"
"All of us need to examine our cultural beliefs and practices that allow sexual assault and erode our Christian responsibilities to care for all people as sisters and brothers," writes Sr. Regina Nthenya Ndambuki.
Through the Sowing Seeds of Hope project, Catholic sisters from various congregations in El Salvador promote a dignified future for vulnerable and impoverished children.
Sisters and clergy attending meetings assessing the United Nations' sustainable development goals affirmed the progress they see in small-scale projects. However, they say the 2030 deadline is not realistic.