Quote of the Day
Pope Francis: “Lord, help us to recognize you in the sick, poor and suffering.”
Pope Francis: “Lord, help us to recognize you in the sick, poor and suffering.”
Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale has a new article in Time. He writes: No one can claim to know why God let Beau Biden die so young, but we do know that the God who lost his son Jesus is crying with Beau’s father. In Joe Biden’s suffering, the vice president is giving his fellow Christians… Read More How Joe Biden’s Catholic Faith Has Guided Him Through His Son’s Death
Millennial writer Mike Jordan Laskey has a new article at NCR. He writes: Following Pope Francis’ lead, we Catholics should develop a “theology of encounter.” The term is too rich, and the current “Pope Francis moment” is too big, to miss this opportunity. So here is a call for professional theologians to think and write… Read More It’s time for a theology of encounter
Christopher Hale writes in the Washington Post: Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum caused a small uproar earlier this week when he said that Pope Francis should stop talking about climate change and “leave science to the scientists.”… The Catholic Church speaks on issues of faith and science not as some academic exercise, but because these… Read More Leave it to the Scientists? Millennial Co-founders Respond to Rick Santorum’s Challenge to the Pope’s Authority
Pope Francis: “In the Christian vision, faith and reason, religion and society, are called to enlighten and support one another, and, whenever necessary, to purify one another from ideological extremes.”
Pope Francis made some key points connecting poverty and the state of families at his weekly general audience earlier today. He said: Healthy families are the “mainstay” of healthy individuals and communities, he said, so if that cornerstone is removed, “everything collapses.” “Today’s economy often specializes in the enjoyment of individual well-being, but widely practices… Read More Pope Francis: Fight Poverty, Heal Families
Cardinal Peter Turkson: “Human advancement and evangelization are inextricably linked, two sides of one coin; they are not distinct parts of the mission of the Church; it is incorrect to separate them.”