Pope Leo XIV says discrimination based on sex, race, color, social condition, language, or religion is contrary to God’s intent—and must be eradicated.
This is Catholic teaching.
서울로 출근하시는 인천 시민 여러분께 알려드립니다.
내일(9월 16일, 수요일) 서울 시내버스 노조가 첫차부터 전면 파업을 예고했습니다.
오늘 밤 열리는 2차 조정 결과에 따라 최종 결정되지만, 파업을 전제로 준비해 두시는 편이 안전합니다.
인천 버스는 정상 운행합니다.
인천 시내버스도, 서울로 가는 광역버스도 평소와 똑같이 다닙니다.
임금협상을 원만하게 매듭지어 준 인천 버스 노사 양측께 감사드립니다.
문제는 서울에 도착한 다음입니다.
서울 시내버스가 멈추면 환승과 도심 이동이 막힙니다. 지하철도 평소보다 훨씬 붐빌 것으로 예상됩니다.
혹시나 모를 출근 불편에 대비해 인천시는 시민 여러분의 출근길 불편을 최소화하기 위해 상황을 면밀히 살피며 대비하겠습니다.
조금 이른 걸음이 편안한 출근길이 되도록 인천시가 챙기겠습니다.
긴 싸움이었습니다. 마침내 함께 해냈습니다.
방금 형사소송법 개정안이 국회를 통과해 검찰개혁의 여정이 마침내 결실을 맺었습니다. 검찰에 집중된 권한을 분산하고, 누구도 견제받지 않는 권력을 가질 수 없도록 만드는 일은 민주주의를 바로 세우기 위해 반드시 가야 할 길이었습니다.
그러나 그 길은 생각했던 것보다 훨씬 더 외롭고 험난했습니다.
법무부 장관에게 주어진 권한을 행사하고 책임을 다했지만, 검찰개혁의 본질은 조직적인 왜곡과 공격 속에 가려졌습니다.
옳다고 믿는 일을 추진하면서도 매일같이 사실을 바로잡고 개혁의 진의를 설명해야 했습니다.
홀로 서 있는 것처럼 느껴지는 날도 많았습니다. 물러서면 편할 것이라는 유혹도 있었을 것입니다. 그러나 검찰개혁은 개인의 명예나 정치적 유불리에 따라 멈출 수 있는 일이 아니었습니다. 누군가는 검찰권의 오랜 관행과 맞서야 했고, 그 책임이 제게 주어졌다면 피하지 않겠다는 마음뿐이었습니다.
무엇보다 숱한 어려움 속에서도 개혁의 필요성을 믿고 힘을 보태주신 국민 여러분께 깊이 감사드립니다.
새로운 형사사법제도가 국민의 인권을 지키고, 모든 수사기관이 견제와 책임 속에 제 역할을 다하도록 끝까지 함께 하겠습니다.
Reflection from Pope Leo XIV
"There is, indeed, a growing awareness that peace is threatened by a lack of respect for creation, the plundering of natural resources and a progressive decline in the quality of life due to climate change...Frequently, however, in deliberations and negotiations about these issues, various fears emerge: fear of changing course, fear of losing power and fear of uncertain outcomes. Only by overcoming these fears can we work together to find the right solutions. It is here, I think, that religious leaders and communities can offer a special insight for supporting ambitious social and environmental efforts."
(Video message of Pope Leo XIV on the Occasion of the Tenth Austrian World Summit, June 16, 2026)
"Fourteen-year-old Sofia Martinez knelt eight months pregnant in the confession booth at St. Anthony's Church in Chicago on May 20, 1922, and instead of confessing sins, she'd begged seventy-two-year-old Father Michael O'Brien ""Father, I need help but I'm afraid to tell anyone but you in confession where it's secret""—and Father Michael had said gently ""Child, if you're in danger, I must help you. Tell me everything""—and Sofia had confessed not sins but crimes committed against her: ""I was sold at twelve to Miguel Martinez who is thirty-nine. My parents took $800. For two years he's kept me locked in a house. I'm eight months pregnant. Yesterday I heard him tell his brother that after the baby is born, he's taking the baby to sell to people in New York for $4,000, and he's putting me in an asylum so I can't report him. Father, is there any way you can help without breaking confession secret?""—and Father Michael, trained in canon law, had known that confession seal didn't apply to plans to harm others in the future, and he'd said ""Sofia, what he plans to do—sell your baby, imprison you—these are future crimes, not past sins. I can act on this. Will you let me write down what you've told me as a formal statement, not a confession?""—and Sofia had agreed, and Father Michael had written a detailed statement of everything Sofia had told him, she'd signed it, and he'd taken it directly to police with Sofia—and Miguel Martinez was arrested that evening before he could execute his plan, and the detailed statement from the confession booth—technically not a confession but a plea for help—was used as evidence, and Miguel was convicted of child trafficking, kidnapping, and conspiracy to sell a child—and Father Michael's careful documentation of Sofia's ""confession"" that wasn't a confession became a model for other clergy learning to distinguish between confidential sins and reportable crimes.
Sofia lived until 2005, dying at age ninety-seven. Before her death, she reflected: ""I was fourteen and eight months pregnant when I went to confession and told the priest not my sins but the crimes committed against me. I begged for help. Father Michael said future plans to harm are not protected confession secrets. He wrote down everything I told him—not as confession but as a legal statement. That document from a confession booth saved me and my baby. The priest understood the difference between sacred confidentiality and criminal conspiracy. My confession booth became a witness stand. My plea for help became legal evidence."""