Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale has a new article at Time. He writes: By joining Instagram, O’Loughlin argues that the pope has shown that he isn’t afraid to take risks and that he understands that for the faith to spread, it must be communicated where today’s people are and in the language they speak. Every one… Read More Pope Francis Will Be Great at Instagram
Pope Francis: “Each of us is responsible for his or her neighbor: we are our brothers’ and sisters’ keepers, wherever they live.”
There is something deeply appropriate to me about celebrating St Patrick’s Day in the midst of Lent. Celebrating the resilience of my ancestors’ faith and spirit in the face of colonialism, imposed starvation, and forced migration seems fitting during this season. May this make today’s Irish-Americans pause and remember that today is not about green… Read More Remembering the Oppression of the Irish and Rejecting Injustice Today
After nearly five years of civil war, precipitated by Bashar al-Assad’s brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters, and perhaps 470,000 deaths, the US House of Representatives passed a war crimes resolution aimed at holding Assad and his allies accountable for their war crimes, as well as a genocide resolution that identifies Christians as victims of ISIS’s… Read More In Response to the Crimes of Assad and ISIS, the House Passes Genocide and War Crimes Resolutions
In the past I have offered some creative ways of approaching the Lenten “fast.” In addition to giving up something, we often hear the alternative of taking something on, kind of like a Lenten new year’s resolution. These are all fine, but I want to offer another twist to Lenten penance. What images come to… Read More Building Spiritual Strength by Doing the Little Things
A critical opening now exists on the Supreme Court. The typical formula in such scenarios would be for the Democratic president to nominate someone who is a moderate on economic issues and reliably pro-choice on abortion in order to garner enough support from both Democrats and Republicans, something that is likely to happen any day… Read More The Pro-life Movement’s Make-or-Break Moment
Pope Francis: “As Christians, we cannot be self-centered, but must always be open to others and for others.”
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