“I can’t wait for 2016 to end.” I have heard numerous people utter these words lately, and I know what they mean. 2016 brought the fifth anniversary of an atrocious war in Syria, Brexit, the election of a self-professed murderer to the presidency of the Philippines, not to mention another slew of shootings on US… Read More The Significance of Christmas for a Troubled America
Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale has a new article at the Washington Post. He writes: The meaning of Christmas isn’t strength and visibility in the public sphere. The central claim of this holiday has always been that the rejected, crucified and executed Jesus Christ is still somehow Lord of the entire earth. In Trump’s world, those… Read More Pope Francis is Waging War on a Bourgeois Approach to Christmas. Let’s Join Him.
Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago offers a Christmas message of hope, mercy, unity, and peace, while encouraging us to see immigrants and refugees as a blessing rather than a problem.
Pope Francis: “God gave us the earth ‘to till and to keep’ in a balanced and respectful way.”
Earlier this month, Archbishop Wilton Gregory wrote a column for CNS on racism: Racism — the belief that one group is superior to another due to race — is a grave moral disease whose recurrence, aggressiveness and persistence should frighten every one of us. Like a serious medical disease that may seem to have been… Read More Archbishop Gregory: Racism is a Disease That Must Be Cured
Bishop Edward Weisenburger recently penned an article in America: The bishops of Kansas, along with the staff of the Kansas Catholic Conference, undertook a careful survey of the more pressing social issues of our state. We concluded that among the structural evils affecting the poor, predatory lending—also known as payday lending—stands out as especially cruel.… Read More Catholics Must Confront Predatory Lending
Pope Francis: “The just distribution of the fruits of the earth and human labor is not mere philanthropy. It is a moral obligation.”
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