Pope Francis: “‘Redress the wronged, hear the orphan’s plea, defend the widow.’ Take care of the neighbor: the sick, the poor, the needy, the ignorant. This is the yardstick. The hypocrites do not know how to do this, they can’t, because they are so full of themselves that they are blind on account of watching… Read More Quote of the Day
Pope Francis: “How good it is for us when the Lord unsettles our lukewarm and superficial lives.”
Fr. Frans van der Lugt, SJ, who was murdered earlier today in Homs, where he had chosen to remain in solidarity with the people living under the Syrian regime’s siege and to shine a light on the dire humanitarian situation there: “I don’t see people as Muslims or Christian, I see a human being first… Read More Quote of the Day
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Economic Inequality: Can Theology Say Something New? by Kate Ward: “In my view, a good deal of advocacy around inequality, including that of religious leaders, avoids one of the more important questions we should be asking: how does inequality affect our moral formation? For many of… Read More Around the Web (Part 2)
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Who cares about the value of work? by EJ Dionne: “One of last week’s most important and least noted political events was the introduction of the 21st Century Worker Tax Cut Act by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. Murray favors a minimum wage increase to $10.10 an… Read More Around the Web (Part 1)
Laila Neyazi, on voting in today’s historic elections in Afghanistan: “I’m not afraid of Taliban threats, we will die one day anyway. I want my vote to be a slap in the face of the Taliban.”
Pope Francis: “Christian love is loving without counting the cost. This is the lesson of the Good Samaritan; this is the lesson of Jesus.”
