Stephen Curry is one of the greatest players in the history of the NBA. He has transformed basketball itself with his scintillating shooting, ballhandling, and movement, revolutionizing how teams construct their rosters and play the game. He is a four-time NBA Finals champion; a two-time scoring champion; the league’s only unanimous MVP; and its all-time… Read More Millennial of the Year 2022: Stephen Curry
Elise Italiano Ureneck writes: To say that we can identify God in all circumstances means that we are willing to look for his providence in both joy and sorrow. The past five years of my own life have been a pressure cooker. In that span of time, my mother was diagnosed with a devastating terminal… Read More In Darkness and Light, Finding God In All Things
Christopher White writes: Thousands of people from around the world began to pay their final respects to the late Pope Benedict XVI on Jan. 2, as his body was transferred into St. Peter’s Basilica from the Vatican monastery where he resided for nearly ten years after his surprise resignation from the papacy in 2013. The… Read More Pope Benedict XVI (1927-2022)
John Gehring writes: Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego told me in an email interview that bishops and all Catholics have a responsibility to speak out with more urgency. “We have just come through a two-year period in which the most fundamental elements of our national democracy—the peaceful acceptance of election outcomes, boundaries for attacks… Read More Cardinal McElroy: Catholics Must Reject New Anti-Democratic Culture
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine: “I thank every American family which cherishes the warmth of its home and wishes the same warmth to other people. I thank President Biden and both parties, at the Senate and the House, for your invaluable assistance. I thank your cities and your citizens who supported Ukraine this year, who… Read More Quote of the Day
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Cigars, Booze, Money: How a Lobbying Blitz Made Sports Betting Ubiquitous by Eric Lipton and Kenneth Vogel: “In state after state, while lobbyists for sports-betting firms, casino companies and professional leagues cultivated friendly relationships with lawmakers and regulators, the interests of taxpayers and people at risk… Read More Around the Web
via Things Not Seen: In her recent book, The Aesthetics of Solidarity, our guest, professor Nichole M. Flores, explores how Our Lady of Guadalupe has been used as a symbol in democratic campaigns ranging from the Chicano movement and United Farm Workers’ movements to contemporary calls for just immigration reform. The podcast episode is available… Read More Nichole Flores on Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Aesthetics of Solidarity
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