For the first time in the two millennia history of the Catholic Church, an entire papal encyclical will be dedicated to the theme of poverty. Pope Francis revealed this news recently in a private conservation with an Italian bishop. He will finish the work after publishing the final encyclical from his predecessor Benedict XVI on the […]
FIND COMMUNITY 1. Stay Connected to your Past: Maintain close relationships with those who have encouraged and supported you up to this point in your faith life (family, HS/college friends, teachers, campus ministers, etc.) 2. Go to Mass every Sunday: Find people to go to Mass with—do not regularly sit alone; form a small community […]
Pope Francis delivered a wonderful homily earlier today on making a “culture of encounter” and the duty of all to do good. The full report from Vatican Radio can be read here, but this is the key quote: “The Lord has redeemed all of us, all of us, with the Blood of Christ: all of […]
[This post by Joe Simmons, SJ is also featured on The Jesuit Post, where the author is a blogger] A few weeks ago I got a glimpse of the pride – and protectiveness – I think a parent might feel for her child. And it felt awesome. It happened because we were rolling out the […]
Are you prepared for the invasion of Zombie debt? Everyone knows there is a foreclosure crisis – but are we prepared for the unfolding crises of education and medical debt? In his recent NY Times blog, Student Debt and the Crushing of the American Dream, economist Joseph Stiglitz notes some astounding facts: “According to the Federal Reserve Bank […]
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Why the world doesn’t take Catholicism seriously by Matthew Warner “We need an army of saints willing to live a radical life for Christ and others. Saints are compelling. Empty words and prideful lectures are not.” A Mother’s Day plea to stop equating adoption with abandonment […]
It has now been over five years since Vargha Taefi’s mother, Fariba Kamalabadi, was imprisoned on absurd, baseless charges by Iran’s tyrannical regime. As I mentioned in my previous post on the subject, her real crime is being a member of the Baha’i faith. And for that crime, she has been subject to remarkable cruelty […]
