Check out these recent articles from around the web: Africa needs St. John Paul II now more than ever by Bishop Matthew Kukah: “Dictatorship has deepened the culture of human rights violations while breeding resentment and frustration among our people. Resource-endowed countries have not been able to use their huge wealth into improve the quality… Read More Around the Web
The Institute for Church Life of the University of Notre Dame recently hosted a lecture and conference on human dignity: “The End of Human Dignity? Recovering the Intellectual Appeal of Human Dignity for the Theological and Philosophical Imagination.” The event featured Cardinal Onaiyekan, Cyril O’Regan, Leon Kass, Gustavo Gutiérrez, and David Walsh, and numerous other… Read More Human Dignity 2016
In the Morning Consult, Bishop Stephen Blaire of Stockton writes: The impacts of climate change are more than harmful: they’re unjust. The poor and vulnerable are disproportionately impacted by these realities despite being least responsible for causing climate change. And so we are called to act. One way to begin to ease these burdens, to… Read More Bishop Stephen Blaire: The Moral Urgency of Climate Action
via Christianity Today: Pope Francis has blessed the eyes of five-year-old Lizzy Myers, who is gradually losing her eyesight from a rare genetic disease. Lizzy and her family had travelled from America to Rome for Pope Francis’ Wednesday general audience as part of a “visual bucket list”. Her parents have created the list so that… Read More Pope Francis Meets with Lizzy Myers, 5-year-old Girl Losing Her Sight
For small farmers: I thank you, small farmer. What you do is essential for the life of all. As a person, as a child of God, you deserve a decent life. But I wonder: how is your work compensated? This earth is a gift from God. It is not right to exploit it for the… Read More Pope Francis’ April Prayer Request
Cardinal Seán O’Malley: “During this Year of Mercy, our task is to bring liberation to those who are oppressed and captive.”
The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life of Georgetown University recently hosted an event on Pope Francis, faith, and the 2016 campaign. The panel featured: Lauren Ashburn, EWTN News Nightly White House correspondent and political director; E.J. Dionne, Washington Post columnist and professor at the McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University; Emma Green, writer and… Read More Faith, Francis, and the 2016 Campaign
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