Pope Francis: “The pandemic reminds us there are no differences or borders between those who suffer. We are all frail, all equal, all precious. May we be profoundly shaken: Now is the time to eliminate inequalities and heal the injustice undermining the health of the entire human family!”
Check out these recent articles from around the web: The President Is Winning His War on American Institutions by George Packer: “This is the story of how a great republic went soft in the middle, lost the integrity of its guts and fell in on itself—told through government officials whose names under any other president… Read More Around the Web
via the Vatican: Today we celebrate the fiftieth Earth Day. This is an occasion for renewing our commitment to love and care for our common home and for the weaker members of our human family. As the tragic coronavirus pandemic has taught us, we can overcome global challenges only by showing solidarity with one another… Read More Pope Francis on Earth Day: We Can Only Overcome Global Challenges with Solidarity
Pope Francis: “Let us follow in the footsteps of Christ, especially by dedicating ourselves to our brothers and sisters in need.”
Michael Sandel writes: Mobilizing to confront the pandemic and, eventually, to reconstruct the shattered economy, requires not only medical and economic expertise but moral and political renewal. We need to ask a basic question that we have evaded over these last decades: What do we owe one another as citizens?… We need to better reward… Read More Don’t Rebuild the Same Broken Economy That Failed So Many Essential Workers
At a recent national conference for ministry professionals, the emcee invited attendees to walk through a maze of advertising booths during an upcoming break in the schedule, telling them, “This morning, you heard about a theology of encounter. Now head over to the booths and encounter your publishing companies!” The comment is revealing for two… Read More Drawing Near to Others: An Interview with Marcus Mescher on the “Ethics of Encounter”
Why does God love me? Why does God forgive sins? Why does God allow bad things to happen to good people? Jesuit Autocomplete hosts Fr. Paddy Gilger and Fr. Eric Sundrup answer some of the Internet’s most-searched questions about God:
