DIOCESE OF METUCHEN

Our concern and the witness of our love, in imitation of Christ Himself, must be universal in scope. We are called to have a special concern for those who are most in distress, those who are extremely poor, especially the elderly poor and the immigrant poor, and all those suffering from the physical, mental, emotional and moral ills that afflict humanity, including hunger, neglect, unemployment, prejudice and despair. We are to labor for situations which are conducive to freedom and which promote the ideals of family life and human dignity. We are committed to defend human life against every influence and action that threatens or weakens it. In the spirit of Christ Himself, we are committed to promote peace and reconciliation among families, races, classes and nations and to participate actively in the struggle to achieve political, social and economic justice... In announcing the Jubilee Year, Pope Francis instructed that it be celebrated, "with deep faith, lively hope and active..

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