One of the reasons we created Millennial was because we were concerned that millennial Catholics did not have adequate forums in which to express their ideas on religion, politics, and culture. In particular, we felt that those who were both pro-life and pro-social justice, shaped by the personalist and communitarian principles of Catholic teaching, were… Read More Most Popular Guest Posts in 2013
Pope Francis: “It is frightful even to think there are children, victims of abortion, who will never see the light of day; children being used as soldiers, abused and killed in armed conflicts; and children being bought and sold in that terrible form of modern slavery which is human trafficking, which is a crime against… Read More Quote of the Day
One of the tasks we embraced in 2013 was keeping our readers updated on the latest news on Pope Francis. Not everyone has the time to keep tabs on the Vatican press, but our readers clearly had the desire to follow the pope’s activities and words. Luckily, contributing editor and Millennial co-founded Christopher Hale embraced… Read More Top 15 Breaking News Stories on Pope Francis in 2013 on Millennial
Check out these recent articles from around the web: No Good Without God by Fr. Robert Barron: “Removing God is tantamount to removing the ground for the basic goods, and once the basic goods have been eliminated, all that is left is the self-legislating and self-creating will. Thus, we should be wary indeed when atheists… Read More Around the Web
Millennial writer Dan DiLeo has a great article in Political Theology Today in which he explores how one’s ideology and preconceptions (or in anthropological terms, “fundamental values, root paradigms, and ‘global pre-scientific convictions’”) can stand in the way of being open to the radical conversion to which Christ calls us, specifically referencing the Catholic Right’s… Read More Dan DiLeo in Political Theology: Values, Paradigms, and Convictions
Pope Francis: “I would like to tell all those who feel far from God and the Church—and I say this respectfully to those who are afraid or indifferent: The Lord calls you and wants you to be part of his people and does so with great respect and love! The Lord doesn’t proselytize, he gives… Read More Pope to Non-Believers, Those who Have Drifted Away: The Lord Loves and Waits for You
We were saddened to hear that Ambassador Thomas Melady, former ambassador to the Holy See, passed away yesterday. John Gehring summed it up best, saying: His passing is a significant loss for the Catholic community in Washington and anyone who cares about public service. Tom was a true gentleman who believed in civility, building bridges… Read More Ambassador Thomas Melady (1927-2014)
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