via Vatican News: The Pope recalled that this day marks the beginning of the Season of Creation that will last until 4 October, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. As he had announced on 21 August when he received a delegation of lawyers from member countries of the Council of Europe, the Pope revealed… Read More Laudato Si: Part 2 Coming Next Month
via Archbishop Borys Gudziak of Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia, Chairman of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: On this Labor Day, we hear a passage from the Gospel of Luke: Jesus reading Isaiah in the synagogue. “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,… Read More Archbishop Gudziak Calls for ‘Radical Solidarity with Working Families’
Jess Meeth is the National Communications Director for Democrats for Life of America (DFLA). Millennial editor Robert Christian interviewed her about her faith, work, and perspectives on the whole life movement. How did you become involved in whole life advocacy? Before I joined the team at DFLA, I worked as a counselor with a nonprofit… Read More The Whole Life Movement Post-Dobbs: An Interview with Jess Meeth
via Gallup: A record-high 39% of Americans now say that consuming one to two drinks a day is bad for one’s health, marking an 11-percentage-point increase since 2018…. The increased belief that moderate alcohol consumption is detrimental is owed largely to young adults aged 18-34, among whom it has risen 18 points since 2018. That… Read More Majority of Young Adults Recognize ‘Moderate Drinking’ Is Harmful
Check out these recent articles from around the web: How America Got Mean by David Brooks: “We inhabit a society in which people are no longer trained in how to treat others with kindness and consideration. Our society has become one in which people feel licensed to give their selfishness free rein. The story I’m… Read More Around the Web
via Tish Harrison Warren: Eboo Patel wants to tell a better story about religion in America. Patel, an American Muslim and founder and president of Interfaith America, a Chicago-based nonprofit that aims to promote cooperation across religious differences, served on President Barack Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships and has written five books, including… Read More Why Organized Religion Is Important for American Society
Check out these recent articles from around the web: What if We’re the Bad Guys Here? by David Brooks: “The most important of those systems is the modern meritocracy. We built an entire social order that sorts and excludes people on the basis of the quality that we possess most: academic achievement. Highly educated parents… Read More Around the Web
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