In our overzealous capitalistic society, the juxtaposition of excessive wealth with desperate poverty exists because of injustice within our government and economy. Never has there been such a discrepancy between the ‘haves’ and ‘have nots’ in our society; there are too many people living without necessary services such as food, shelter and healthcare. My summer experience provided me the opportunity to see firsthand those in need and to glimpse how we as a community can help each other.
During his papacy, Bl. Pope John Paul II stressed a “universal call to holiness,” canonizing and beatifying hundreds of individuals as exemplars of the faith. Most if not all of them were bishops, priests, religious brothers and sisters or martyrs.
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