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Pope Francis’ Message for the Common Good
Mercy, compassion
and service
by Marc H. Morial
Like “power,” com-
passion comes great
responsibility. So much
more than a feeling, the
person with compassion
is compelled to trans-
form their compassion into intent,
and most importantly, action. To
be compassionate is to see, to feel
and to do something.
The recent arrival of Pope Fran-
cis on our shores has rekindled our
national conversation over how
we will protect and care for our
marginalized, provide access to
our disenfranchised communities
and promote justice for all.
Francis, the spiritual leader of
more than one billion Catholics
the world over, has placed the
poor and the treatment of the poor
at the center of his papacy. But,
his message of mercy, compas-
sion and service as the engines of
much-needed change is not solely
limited to the Catholic faithful. It
is a message that can transcend
boundaries of faith, gender, po-
litical cultures or borders. It is a
message that can transform the
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common good.
While calls for societal change
precede the pope, his papacy and
his status as a respected global
leader, gives added voice to the
voiceless and the oppressed, and
encourages the men and
women who have decided
they would no longer ob-
serve (or suffer) injustice
from the sidelines -- in-
stead they would advocate,
and when necessary, agitate
for a more just society for
the excluded and marginal-
ized among us.
From Moses to the man reg-
istering students to vote, or the
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tal justice in an impoverished
community today, for as long as
inequality has plagued society,
people have always appeared in
the pages of history to carry the
heavy and unavoidable banner of
change.
For Francis, this call to action
is motivated by God’s presence,
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it always pushes to do something.
When God comes, He always calls
us out of our house. We are visit-
ed so that we can visit others; we
are encountered so as to encounter
others; we receive love in order to
give love.”
For more than 100 years, the
National Urban League has dedi-
cated itself to loving, visiting and
encountering people and commu-
nities in their times of need.
Our mission -- like the mis-
sion of so many people of faith
dedicated to changing lives and
reforming the structures that com-
promise the quality of life of the
most vulnerable -- is to establish
mechanisms and policies aimed at
economic empowerment in order
to elevate the standard of living
in historically underserved urban
communities. This cross-section
of compassion and social justice
has been, and continues to be, a
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and struggle across a range of so-
cial justice movements.
The pope visited the Unit-
ed States at a pivotal time in our
history, when justice and equal-
ity is facing challenges on many
fronts. We face challenges in the
constitutional right of citizens to
vote; we are experiencing a rash
of deaths of black men at the
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rarely held accountable; equity in
funding and resources for public
school education remains a dis-
tant reality; and the economic gap
that exist between the rich and the
poor only continues to widen.
The National Urban League
continues to tackle these ever
present issues with programs and
policy recommendations that not
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but our nation as a whole.
Our education programs, like
Project Ready, support academic
achievement, civic involvement
and the physical and emotional
development of our young people.
But it doesn’t end there, we also
challenge our states and federal
government to develop formulas
to distribute resources to schools
in a fair manner that does not dis-
criminate based on what commu-
nity you live in. Our workforce
development programs delivers
jobs and valuable employment
services to the people who need it
the most and encourage econom-
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of the battles to rid our nation of
pervasive criminal justice abuses.
The gospel of compassion has
guided many into service beyond
their own lives and self-interests.
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to feel and to do something, is a
driver of change that pays no re-
gard to differences in gender, col-
or, community or faith. It is a call
to minister and serve those who
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any given society.
We may all come from differ-
ent traditions and cultures, but we
should all be able to agree on our
broader duty to provide access to
a decent standard of living, pro-
tect the poor and promote justice.
It is the message of Pope Francis
and his Church, and I hope that
it is a message that will continue
to reach many more ears -- and
hearts.
Marc H. Morial is president
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National Urban League.