NCR reports: Pope Francis formally declared Tuesday that Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero was assassinated as a martyr for the Catholic faith, and the beatification of the prelate who was shot dead after radically calling on the church to stand with the poor is expected within months. Read Joshua McElwee’s full story here.
Pope Francis: “Anyone who is Christian has a duty to bear the Gospel witness: protect life courageously and lovingly in all its phases. I encourage you to do this always with the style of closeness, of proximity: so that every woman may feel considered as a person, heard, accepted and accompanied.”
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Check out these recent articles from around the web: 7 Ways Thomas Merton Changed the World by James Martin, SJ: “Did Thomas Merton change the world? Maybe not. Did he change my life? Definitely. Could he change yours? Open his books and see.” Portraits Of Auschwitz Survivors by Jon Premosch: “About 1.5 million people, most… Read More Around the Web (Part 1)
Millennial‘s Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig has recently joined The New Republic as a writer. In one of her first articles for TNR, she addresses some of the backlash against Pope Francis and the desire for a “a truly humble papacy, where politics is avoided, and where the personality of the occupant does not presage some reform.”… Read More Pope Francis, Radical Leftist?
Fr. James Martin, SJ on Godparents: “The question asked in the Catholic sacrament of baptism is a good one: ‘Are you ready to help the parents of this child in their duty as Christian parents?’ So it’s less an honor given to a friend, or a kind of ‘reward’ for a relative, than an important… Read More Quote of the Day
Pope Francis: “Experience teaches us that in an increasingly globalized world, our understanding of the common good, of progress and development, must ultimately be in human and not merely economic terms.”
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