Pope Leo XIV in response to a young woman in France: The fact that many are indifferent to the question of God is, indeed, a problem, but so too is the fact that many are indifferent to the question of humanity. Sadly, how many people show no concern for their neighbors, lead selfish lives, look… Read More How Can Young People Combine Missionary Zeal and Fraternity Toward Secular People?
Pope Leo XIV: “There exists a martyrdom of those who offer their lives in a single moment, and the more hidden martyrdom of those who give their lives day after day. This is exactly what all Christians are called to do: to give our lives with love, every day. Our age needs men and women… Read More Quote of the Day
Pope Leo XIV via The Holy See: Yet in order to understand this long history, we cannot overlook another founding father of Europe: Saint Benedict, whom Saint Paul VI proclaimed its patron in 1964, describing him as a “messenger of peace, craftsman of unity, teacher of civilization.” Care for the poor, the sick and the… Read More Pope Leo on What Robert Schuman Can Teach Europe and the World Today
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
All of creation is the result of God’s love. This includes, of course, the sending of His Son. This includes, of course, you. Franciscan theologian John Duns Scotus “defined God as infinite love,” and taught that the incarnation was not required as a payment for sin, but was actually planned from the beginning as an… Read More We Are Wonderfully Made and Infinitely Loved
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.
