Heidi Schlumpf writes: At a time when democracy is in decline and it’s difficult to imagine people coming together to even discuss the common good, religious people and institutions can help reconstitute the collapsed public sphere — but not in ways that many think of “public religion” today, said sociologist of religion Jesuit Fr. Paddy… Read More How Public Religion Can Help Stem the Tide of De-democratization
via Lauren Gilger, KJZZ: Fr. Paddy Gilger, SJ: There are huge changes that social contexts put on us as human persons. But beneath those changes, beneath the impact that our widely variant cultures have on us as human beings, there is something universal inside of us as human beings longing to come out. And I… Read More Our Desire to Be Seen and the Source of Another Person’s Gratitude
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
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