John Carr is the founder and director of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University. Carr is also a member of the Steering Committee of the Circle of Protection. He previously served two decades as executive director of the Department of Justice, Peace, and Human Development of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, as a Washington correspondent for America magazine, and as a fellow at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government Institute of Politics. Carr is Roman Catholic. Washington, DC.
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While climate change impacts everyone, regardless of race, policies and practices around climate have historically discriminated against and excluded people of color.
“As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, continue to live your lives in him, rooted and built up in him and established in faith.” These words from Colossians 2:6 remind us of the faith that is active in love for our neighbors.
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