Quote of the Day

Pope Francis: “The Gospel, dear friends, doesn’t have to do only with religion, but with the human person, the whole person, and with the world, society and human civilization.”

Quote of the Day

Pope Francis: “‘But’, they say, ‘can’t we make Christianity a little more human? Without the cross, without Jesus, without this stripping-down?’ In this way we would become ‘bakery Christians’ (or ‘pastry shop Christians’), like nice cakes, like nice sweet things! So nice, but not really Christian!”

Dan DiLeo in Political Theology Today: Avoiding ‘Birdbath Franciscanism’

Millennial writer Dan DiLeo has a new post on the Political Theology Today blog, “The Feast of St. Francis: Avoiding ‘Birdbath Franciscanism’ Through Environmental Advocacy”. DiLeo argues, “As we celebrate the Feast of St. Francis today, it is clear that Francis’ environmental ethic, which is firmly situated in the fullness of Church teaching, requires that… Read More Dan DiLeo in Political Theology Today: Avoiding ‘Birdbath Franciscanism’