Quote of the Day
Pope Francis: “When this love fails – because many times it fails – we have to feel the pain of the failure, [we must] accompany those people who have had this failure in their love. Do not condemn. Walk with them.”
Pope Francis: “When this love fails – because many times it fails – we have to feel the pain of the failure, [we must] accompany those people who have had this failure in their love. Do not condemn. Walk with them.”
Millennial co-founder and contributing editor Christopher Hale has a new article in Time on how the season of Lent is not just for Christians, but for anyone who wishes to reflect, change, and grow. He writes: In the person and life of Jesus, the universal possibility of Lent becomes clearer. During this time, we can… Read More Christopher Hale in Time: Lent Is Not Just For Christians
Cardinal Peter Turkson, criticizing Uganda’s anti-gay law and calling for the repeal of its severe penalties: “Homosexuals are not criminals.”
Check out these recent articles from around the web: The Compassion Gap by Nicholas Kristof: “There is an income gap in America, but just as important is a compassion gap. Plenty of successful people see a picture of a needy child and their first impulse is not to help but to reproach.” Arizona’s SB 1062… Read More Around the Web (Part 2)
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Jesus and the Bullied by Brian Pinter: “Jesus, by his own example and preaching, empowers us to move beyond being bystanders, to embrace and shield, through bold but loving action, those suffering under the yoke of bullying and taunting.” New Philippines cardinal calls for church to… Read More Around the Web (Part 1)
Pope Francis, on bishops: “The Church doesn’t need apologists for their own agendas or crusaders for their own battles, but humble and faithful sowers of the truth.”
Pope Francis: “Jesus did not come to teach us good manners, how to behave well at the table!…Christ came to save us, to show us the way, the only way out of the quicksand of sin, and this way is mercy.”