Parish leaders committed to the promotion of human life, dignity and care for creation often find themselves in tense conversations with others who disagree with Church positions on certain issues. Abortion, immigration reform, use of the death penalty, economic justice, racism, climate change...none of these are easy topics. Yet we are compelled by Christ’s love and Catholic social teaching to engage others to witness to the truth as well as to search for it in dialogue with others. In an increasingly polarized…