Are you getting a call on your landline? You might want it to pick up, because it might be Pope Francis. Francis struck again this week, when he telephoned a pregnant single woman who had just been betrayed by her partner, who revealed he was married, and told that he would not support her child.… Read More Pope Francis telephones depressed pregnant single woman, offers to baptize child
When Robert Christian and I started Millennial a year ago, we began a journey into the wilderness. We didn’t know where we would find the money to fund this. We didn’t know where we would find the time to write and recruit other writers, especially with Robert’s first born child, Avery, on the way. We… Read More One Year In: Passing on the Splendid Torch
It is no coincidence that Reverend King marched on the Feast of St. Augustine, one of his favorite early Church heroes. It was Augustine’s declaration that “charity is no substitute for justice withheld” that inspired the young King to pursue his ministry with more fervor. It’s important to remember that King viewed the March as… Read More The Secularization of MLK
This past weekend, I had the honor of representing Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good and Millennial at a panel entitled A Catholic Conversation on Race, Religion and the March on Washington The event, co-sponsored by Catholic Democrats and Pax Christi USA and hosted by Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in DC, discussed the gritty… Read More Fifty Years Later: Catholics Still Fighting for Racial Justice
Pope Francis is shaking up the Monday morning news cycle with a long interview he gave aboard the papal plane overnight. The biggest news out of it: he is shifting the Catholic message on gay issues. His most poignant comment was that he doesn’t ‘judge’ gay people and considers them ‘brothers.’ John Allen has full… Read More Pope on gay people: ‘Who am I to judge?’
Very disturbing news out of Brazil tonight. According to Brazilian police, a homemade bomb was found at the Aparecida Shrine, where Pope Francis will visit on Wednesday. Please pray for the safety of the Holy Father and the pilgrims at World Youth Day in Rio. Please pray for peace throughout the world.
Remember those critics who thought Pope Francis was “too soft” to be the leader of the universal Church? They were wrong. Pope Francis has laid down the law again. On Thursday, the Vatican announced that Francis in a motu propio had significantly strengthened the punishments against child sex abusers convicted on Vatican grounds. who are employed… Read More Breaking: Pope Francis throws the book at child sex abusers
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