Author: Millennial

Some Trump Apologists Have Traded Christianity for a Church of Trump

Millennial Catholic Christine Emba writes: According to Falwell’s creative theology, Christ “went out of his way to say that’s the earthly kingdom, I’m about the heavenly kingdom,” and loving your neighbor as yourself only applies to the latter. The man whose institutional mission includes being “a voice for the voiceless” then meditated on the uselessness… Read More Some Trump Apologists Have Traded Christianity for a Church of Trump

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Pope Warns against Rising Nationalism, Defends Universal Human Rights and Migrants

via Vatican News: It is clear, though, that relationships within the international community, and the multilateral system as a whole, are experiencing a period of difficulty, with the resurgence of nationalistic tendencies at odds with the vocation of the international Organizations to be a setting for dialogue and encounter for all countries.  This is partly… Read More Pope Warns against Rising Nationalism, Defends Universal Human Rights and Migrants

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Pope Francis: Without Fraternity, Efforts for a More Just World Fall Short

via the Vatican: What is the universal message of Christmas? It is that God is a good Father and we are all brothers and sisters. This truth is the basis of the Christian vision of humanity. Without the fraternity that Jesus Christ has bestowed on us, our efforts for a more just world fall short,… Read More Pope Francis: Without Fraternity, Efforts for a More Just World Fall Short

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Assad Regime Using Mass Murder to Empty Prisons of Political Opponents

via the Washington Post: As Syria’s government consolidates control after years of civil war, President Bashar al-Assad’s army is doubling down on executions of political prisoners, with military judges accelerating the pace they issue death sentences, according to survivors of the country’s most notorious prison. In interviews, more than two dozen Syrians recently released from… Read More Assad Regime Using Mass Murder to Empty Prisons of Political Opponents

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