via Alexandra Petri: Pope Francis cleared the way for an Italian teenager to become the first millennial saint by attributing a second miracle to him, the Vatican announced Thursday. The teenager, Carlo Acutis, is often called the patron saint of the internet among Roman Catholics because of his computer skills, which he used to share… Read More Carlo Acutis: The First Millennial Saint
Chris Crawford writes: This moment in our history demands that we work to ensure a free and fair election, as well as a peaceful transition to a new presidential term. Each of us should discern the ways that we can protect the democratic institutions that preserve our way of life. My organization, Protect Democracy, has… Read More How Catholics Can Protect Democracy in 2024
Pope Francis: “Fear, prejudice and false religiosity: these are three causes of a great injustice, three ‘leprosy infections of the soul’ that make the weak suffer because they are treated like rubbish.”
via OSV News: A group of Catholic bishops recently traveled to Montgomery and Selma, Alabama, in what trip organizers called a “powerful encounter” amid the nation’s long-running reckoning with racism. Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre of Louisville, Kentucky, former chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, and current committee chair retired Auxiliary Bishop… Read More US Bishops Visit Selma, Montgomery
via L’Osservatore Romano: On Monday morning, 8 April, Pope Francis met with relatives of Israeli hostages being held in Gaza by Hamas since 7 October. The Holy See Press Office disclosed that the private meeting took place in the Vatican Apostolic Palace. Among those present were Bezalel Shnaider, aunt of Shiri Bibas, who was taken… Read More Pope Francis Meets with Relatives of Israeli Hostages Held by Hamas
Millennial writer Bethany Welch writes: During my novitiate with the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Philadelphia — a period of study, prayer and ministry in preparation for professing vows of poverty, chastity and obedience — we novices were asked to prepare semi-weekly reflections that expressed our understanding of content presented in workshops and classes. We… Read More Exploring the Vows of Poverty, Chastity and Obedience Through Art
Check out these recent articles from around the web: The Theology of Social Democracy by Anthony Annett: “The two original pillars of social democracy were the welfare state and labor power. We need to restore both of those. We need a robust welfare state—funded by taxes on income, wealth, and inheritance—to protect people from economic… Read More Around the Web
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