Cardinal Tobin: US stands at a crossroad amid violence, rhetoric and must ‘choose life’

Cardinal Tobin: US stands at a crossroad amid violence, rhetoric and must ‘choose life’

(OSV News) — “How will you help restore a culture of life in the midst of death?” Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, put that question to participants in a Jan. 25 national online prayer call hosted by Faith in Action, a global, nonpartisan, faith-based network that counts 1,000 congregations in the U.S. and other countries. Organizers described the call as an opportunity to “lament, pray and take action” following the Jan. 24 shoot…