text: There’s something so tragic and sad about the silence on guns, nuclear arms, unregulated availability of opioids, too. Prayers are not enough for the 90 people who died daily from opioid overdose. Or the hundreds who have died from gun violence since the Vegas domestic terror attack. Most of these life and death  issues are linked to profit and corporations. When the Church does not speak out others fill the vacuum. As followers of Christ we cannot accommodate this culture of profit that goes against life, the common Good, human dignity, solidarity and care for the earth. It takes moral courage and strength to stand for something. Thank you for your courage  MSW.