President Obama: “Some of you may have seen this last week. The pope spoke about this at eloquent length. ‘How can it be,’ he wrote, ‘that it’s not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure but it is when the stock market loses two points?’ This increasing inequality is most pronounced… Read More Quote of the Day
Pope Francis: “The socio-cultural context in which you are placed is sometimes weighed down by mediocrity and boredom. We must not resign ourselves to the monotony of everyday life, but cultivate big projects, to go beyond the ordinary: do not steal the enthusiasm of youth!”
Earlier this week, Pope Francis released Evangelii Gaudium. Check out these reflections on Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation from around the web: “The Joy of the Gospel” Our top picks of quotable quotes by Carol Glatz, CNS: “To give you a sense of what’s inside, we’ve compiled some of the most striking quotes on a variety… Read More Around the Web: Reflections on Evangelii Gaudium
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Averting genocide in the Central African Republic by Philippe Bolopion: “U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon believes that a force of 6,000 to 9,000 U.N. peacekeepers could help bring the Central African Republic back from the brink. With the right equipment and leadership, they would protect civilians… Read More Around the Web
Millennial writer Meghan Clark has a new post at America on Evangelii Gaudium. She writes: “The dignity of the human person and the common good rank higher than the comfort of those who refuse to renounce their privileges” (218). In a simple sentence, Pope Francis summarizes the bedrock of Catholic social doctrine: human dignity, the… Read More Meghan Clark on ‘The Dignity of the Vulnerable’
Pope Francis: “To live charitably means not looking out for our own interests, but carrying the burdens of the weakest and poorest among us.”
Pope Francis: “If we look at the most painful moments of our lives, when we lost a loved one – our parents, a brother, a sisters, a spouse, a child, a friend – we realize that, even amid the tragedy of loss, even when torn by separation, the conviction arises in the heart that everything… Read More Quote of the Day
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