via the The Center for Public Justice (CPJ): The Center for Public Justice (CPJ) hosted its 26th Annual Kuyper Lecture, delivered by Rachel Hope Anderson, J.D. on the topic “Who’s Caring for Children?” on Thursday, November 16, 2023. Rachel Anderson presented on the unique challenges, possible solutions, and pathways forward for faith-based child care in… Read More Who’s Caring for Children?
Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut spoke to civic and faith leaders at the Center for Christianity and Public Life’s inaugural summit, For the Good of the Public, on the spiritual crisis facing Americans, with so many experiencing angst, addiction, isolation, and a lack of purpose and meaning. He calls for a renewal of policies and… Read More Senator Chris Murphy on the Spiritual Crisis Americans Face and a Better Way Forward
Katlyn Toelle is the Director of Communications at Catholic Mobilizing Network. Millennial editor Robert Christian interviewed her on her work, her faith, and the death penalty. Polarization and partisanship have been huge obstacles to advancing the common good in recent years. On the issue of the death penalty, do you think the prospect of achieving… Read More Millennial Catholic Interviews: Katlyn Toelle
via the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life: Georgetown University hosted the Washington premiere of Join or Die, which tells the story of America’s civic unraveling through the journey of legendary social scientist Robert Putnam. The film analyzes America’s decades-long decline in community connections and offers examples and hope for a renewal of… Read More Isolation or Community? Solidarity in America
Check out these recent articles from around the web on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as rising antisemitism and Islamophobia: What Hamas Wants by Yair Rosenberg: “Many got Hamas wrong. But they shouldn’t have. Again and again, people say they intend to murder Jews. And yet, century after century, the world produces new, tortuous justifications… Read More Around the Web: Israel-Palestine
Millennial writer Mike Jordan Laskey writes: For over 130 years, popes have been watching economic, social, and technological “progress” and writing long papal documents in response to that progress – often criticizing the human cost of unbridled technological development. The first pope to do this, Leo XIII, defended factory laborers against the dehumanizing working conditions… Read More How to Understand Pope Francis’ Critique of Technocratic Thinking
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Without a College Degree, Life in America Is Staggeringly Shorter by Anne Case and Angus Deaton: “There is a deep and persistent national malcontent: In a recent NBC News poll, nearly three-quarters of Americans surveyed said the United States is on the wrong track, and Gallup… Read More Around the Web
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