Millennial writer Elizabeth Bruenig has a new article at America on her conversion to Catholicism: As a student, I became increasingly aware of the problems these textual knots posed for the way I had been taught to relate to God: How could I read my way to God by the light of my own conscience… Read More Augustine, Property, and Converting to Catholicism
Pope Francis: “Let us all work decisively so that no one is excluded from the effective recognition of their fundamental human rights.”
via USCCB: “In the wake of a procedural vote today that opens debate on the amendment process to reform the Affordable Care Act, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) calls on members from both political parties to work together to advance changes that serve the common good. The health care reform proposals currently… Read More US Bishops: Current Healthcare Proposals are ‘Simply Unacceptable’
Millennial writer Christopher White has a new article at the Wall Street Journal: In the aftermath of World War II, when nations throughout Europe were on the verge of collapse, the project of European integration was born to ensure that the war’s atrocities could never be repeated. There was a strong sense that those who… Read More Will the Martyrdom of Jacques Hamel Revive Solidarity in Europe?
via Vatican News: Respect, responsibility and relationship are the three themes highlighted by Pope Francis in a message addressed to the “Laudato Sì & Big Cities” conference taking place in Rio de Janeiro…. Respecting Creation is one of our “core tasks” Pope Francis writes in his strongly worded message to conference participants, and he reaffirms,… Read More Pope Urges Governments to Take the Lead in Caring for Creation
In America, Millennial writer Nichole Flores writes: Last weekend, the Ku Klux Klan converged upon Charlottesville, Va. I am not naïve about the existence of racism in the United States. As a Mexican-American woman with brown skin, I have often experienced instances of racism. Until recently, however, I had imagined the K.K.K. as a fossil… Read More A Catholic Response to the KKK
Pope Francis: “Love requires a creative, concrete response. Good intentions are not enough. The other is not a statistic, but a person to take care of.”
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