The National Catholic Reporter, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary, has announced a writing contest for high school juniors and seniors. The first-place winner will receive $1,000 and have his or her essay published in NCR. The second-place winner will receive a $500 award and the third-place winner will receive a $250 award, and their… Read More NCR Writing Contest for High School Students
Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale has a new article in Time. He writes: There’s been a lot of talk in the past two years about what Pope Francis wants to change in the Church and in society. Bureaucratic failures, financial corruption, and wayward shepherds often dominate the conversation. But in the final analysis, it’s us that… Read More If Pope Francis Wrote Your New Year’s Resolutions
Millennial editor Robert Christian is quoted in a new International Business Times article by Zoe Mintz on Pope Francis. He was asked, “Does Pope Francis live up to the hype?” “He absolutely lives up to the hype. Francis’ message is not that he’s perfect — it’s that this is who he is: a guy who… Read More Pope Francis in 2014: Reformer, Diplomat, Media Star
America is running an excerpt from Millennial writer Meghan Clark’s book The Vision of Catholic Social Thought: The Virtue of Solidarity and the Praxis of Human Rights. She writes: Common humanity must be the starting point understood through radical interdependence. Catholic social thought offers an understanding of human persons in community in which human dignity… Read More Grounding social justice in our common humanity
Pope Francis: “Small things are small steps toward holiness. And every step towards holiness will make us better people, free from selfishness and being closed in on ourselves, and open us up to our brothers and sisters and their needs.”
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Pope Francis’ Address to the Curia by Michael Sean Winters: “The radicalness of Pope Francis’ vision is the claim that the real work of the Church is done in the world, ministering to those who are bruised and hurting, and challenging those who have lost the… Read More Around the Web
Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig has a new article on “eternity disrupting time itself” and the revolutionary nature of Christianity, which is rooted in the astonishing event we celebrate each Christmas. She writes: Christianity is at all times concerned with the poorest, the most vulnerable, the most oppressed; it is permanently interested in reversing this order, in… Read More Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig on Christmas and Revolution
