About
About This Office
A Catholic Work of Justice, Mercy, and Humanitarian Concern
The Office of Faith, Justice, and Humanitarian Efforts serves the Church by joining prayer, moral witness, and practical action. Rooted in the life of Old Catholic Churches International, this office exists to strengthen compassionate response, defend human dignity, and support those who are vulnerable, burdened, or too often forgotten.
Pax et Bonum
The Purpose of This Office
The Church is called not only to proclaim the Gospel and celebrate the sacraments, but also to bear witness to the mercy of Christ in the midst of human suffering. The Office of Faith, Justice, and Humanitarian Efforts exists to help make that witness visible through Christian solidarity, truthful public engagement, and practical care for those in need.
This work stands within the wider mission of the Church to serve those who are marginalized, alienated, poor, displaced, or otherwise at risk of being overlooked. It is a ministry shaped by prayer, charity, and the conviction that faith must bear fruit in mercy, justice, and steadfast concern for the well-being of our neighbors.
How This Office Serves
Humanitarian Service
This office supports efforts of practical mercy on behalf of those facing hardship, instability, displacement, or other urgent forms of need.
Faithful Public Witness
It seeks to strengthen a Christian witness that speaks truthfully, upholds human dignity, and responds with moral seriousness to suffering and injustice.
Local Partnership
It encourages direct engagement among parishes, clergy, and local ministries so that the Church may answer real needs with clarity, compassion, and coordination.
The Character of the Work
The labor of faith and justice requires more than opinion or sentiment. It calls for patience, discipline, courage, and the willingness to remain near to those who suffer. For that reason, this office seeks to cultivate a response that is pastoral in tone, practical in service, and grounded in the Church’s enduring duty to care for the vulnerable.
The office also recognizes that effective ministry often begins close to home. Local communities, parishes, and church leaders are often best placed to identify urgent needs, extend compassionate presence, and help translate Christian concern into faithful action. This office therefore exists not only to speak, but also to strengthen and connect those who serve.
The aim is not simply commentary about the troubles of the world, but a witness of mercy, truth, solidarity, and practical Christian responsibility.
A Ministry of Solidarity
Among the office’s public concerns is the need to stand with people and communities living under fear, displacement, instability, or political violence. In this spirit, the office has emphasized prayer, peace, human dignity, and solidarity with immigrant communities and others who bear particular burdens in times of unrest.
Such work belongs to the Church’s calling. To serve Christ faithfully is to remember that those who suffer are not forgotten, and that the Church must be ready to answer them not only with words, but with attention, advocacy, prayer, and works of mercy.
Leadership and Service
The Office of Faith, Justice, and Humanitarian Efforts is served by leadership drawn from the wider life of the Church. Its public work reflects pastoral oversight, spiritual guidance, regional awareness, and practical coordination in support of its mission.
Bishop Greer Godsey, OSFoc
Presiding Bishop, serving the office through vision and jurisdictional leadership.
Padre Ricardo Romero, OSFoc
Office Director, guiding the office’s operations, witness, and public work.
Bishop-Elect David Castro
Serving with attention to Latin America and the wider global witness of the office.
Bishop Ben Williams, OSFoc
Providing spiritual support and chaplaincy within the life of the office.
Learn More
If you would like to follow the work of this office more closely, read public statements, or make contact regarding humanitarian, justice, or outreach concerns, you are welcome to continue here. We invite you to learn more, remain attentive to this ministry, and support the Church’s witness of mercy and truth.