Nichole Flores Quoted in “With New Pope, a More Open Catholic Church?”

Millennial writer Nichole Flores is quoted in a new Religion & Politics essay by Michael O’Loughlin, a millennial Catholic who writes for Religion News Service. O’Loughlin writes, “Flores, who is Mexican-American, said issues important to the Hispanic community, including hunger, poverty, and education, have been marginalized, but noted with enthusiasm how they are now being… Read More Nichole Flores Quoted in “With New Pope, a More Open Catholic Church?”

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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!”