via Washington Post: President Trump grew frustrated with lawmakers Thursday in the Oval Office when they discussed granting entry to immigrants from Haiti, El Salvador and African countries as part of a bipartisan immigration deal, according to several people briefed on the meeting. “Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?”… Read More Trump Attacks Immigration from ‘Shithole’ Countries
In the vastly diversified cultural world of Asia, the Church faces many risks and her task is made more difficult by the fact of her being a minority. These risks, these challenges are shared with other minority religious traditions, with whom we share a desire for wisdom, truth and holiness. When we think of those… Read More Pope Francis’ Prayer Intentions for January 2018: For Religious Minorities in Asia
Last night, Elizabeth Bruenig spoke at DC Catholic’s Theology on Tap. Here are some highlights of her talk: How to Live the Catholic Counterculture in 2018 in 10 Steps: Step 1: Be Catholic on the inside: be who God wills you to be Step 2: Learn Catholic history: helps you contextualize areas of conflict between… Read More How to Live the Catholic Counterculture in 2018 in 10 Steps
Christopher White writes: The U.S. bishops have termed the Trump administration’s decision not to renew the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation to El Salvador as “heartbreaking” and pledged to stand with Salvadoran TPS recipients as they risk being separated from their families and homes in the United States. The decision, announced by the Department of… Read More Catholic Leaders Denounce Unconscionable, Heartbreaking Decision to End TPS Designation for 200,000 Salvadorans
Pope Francis: “Leaders of social, cultural and political life have the particular duty to offer all citizens the opportunity to be worthy contributors of their own future, within their families and in all areas where human social interaction takes place. In this way they help citizens to have real access to the material and spiritual… Read More Quote of the Day
Greta Gerwig wrote and directed the award-winning “Lady Bird”—a movie set in a Catholic high school in Sacramento. In a number of interviews, Gerwig has explained the influence of her own experience at a Catholic high school and how it shaped the film. At America, Eloise Blondiau writes: Although this is a film saturated in… Read More Greta Gerwig on ‘Lady Bird’: What if Someone Made a Movie that Showed the Beautiful Things About Catholic Schools?
Christopher White writes: Henri Nouwen is among my favorite writers on the spiritual life, so it was a particular delight to read Love, Henri – a collection of over 100 previously unpublished letters to close friends, admirers, and colleagues. Nouwen’s prolific writings have rightly landed him among the ranks of the Church’s most influential communicators, yet… Read More The Best Books I Read in 2017
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