via The Pope Video: In many parts of the world, women are treated like the first thing to get rid of. There are countries where women are forbidden to access aid, open a business, or go to school. In these places, they are subject to laws that make them dress a certain way. And in… Read More Pope Francis’ Prayer Intentions for April 2024: That the Dignity and Worth of Women Will be Recognized in Every Culture

Millennial Catholic Chris Crawford writes: We can recognize bravery while also embracing a more important truth: Bravery ceases to be virtuous when exercised in an unjust cause. We need not valorize the men who took up arms against the United States in defense of the system of slavery…. Lee left the fate of slavery in… Read More Antietam Doesn’t Need to Honor Robert E. Lee

via New York Encounter: A conversation on the questions, hopes, ideals, and concerns of today’s young adults with Tara Isabella Burton, author, and Fr. Patrick Gilger, assistant professor of sociology at Loyola University Chicago, moderated by Stephen Adubato, writer and educator In this change of epoch—to use an image dear to Pope Francis—there is no… Read More The Questions, Hopes, Ideals, and Concerns of Today’s Young Adults

via the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life: Eleven years ago Pope Francis stepped out on the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica with words of welcome and gestures of humility. He has spent the following years emphasizing that we are called to be a “poor Church for the poor” committed to the most… Read More The Francis Factor at 11 Years

via St. John’s CRS Global Campus Committee: Thousands of Nicaraguans have been forced into exile under the current government. They have seized the property of many Catholic religious orders, imprisoned Bishop Rolando Alvarez. On August 23, 2023, the President of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega declared the Jesuits (Society of Jesus) illegal, confiscating the Universidad Centroamericana (UCA)….… Read More Understanding What’s Going On: The Catholic Church in Nicaragua

Mike Jordan Laskey writes: The Book of Leviticus, the third book of the Torah in Hebrew Scriptures (and part of Christians’ Old Testament), is full of laws and regulations that governed ancient Israel. In Chapter 25 of the book, the regulation of jubilee is introduced: Every 50 years, the people are instructed to release certain… Read More Living a Jubilee Mindset