Elizabeth Bruenig writes: A crusade against empathy is sweeping through the right. In sometimes apocalyptic terms, prominent conservatives are denouncing that feeble human capacity to understand the feelings of others…. Barron calmly explained that love, far from mandating kindness, can and often should be harsh. This is a classic right-wing talking point: Conservatives have long… Read More Why Current Attacks on Empathy Are Betraying Christian Values

via Greta Gaffin, Global Sisters Report: Sr. Bethany Welch first met the Sisters of St. Joseph of Philadelphia while serving in the AmeriCorps in 2003. She wasn’t Catholic then, but she admired the sisters’ commitment to serving and living amongst the poor, particularly in an era when the diocese was closing many of its inner-city… Read More Sr. Bethany Welch: God Designed People to be in Community

Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David offers lessons from the Philippines on democratic backsliding, describing the normalization of authoritarian behavior and the role of disinformation, impunity, the erosion of checks and balances, the manipulation of populist anger, and more. He explains how the Church can safeguard democracy in the face of such threats.

Cardinal Robert McElroy during his homily for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees: Moses calls the people of Israel to remember that they had been slaves in Egypt, strangers in the land, homeless, victimized and outcasts. Moses instructs Israel to always keep this history at the forefront of their consciousness and let it fashion… Read More We Are Losing Our Soul as a Nation with Our Anti-Immigrant Policies