Check out these recent articles from around the web: Ordinary People by Cathleen Kaveny: “Where does concern for ordinary people—or better to say, the ordinariness of people—fit within the framework of Catholic social teaching? In my view, it is one way of reflecting on what it means for everyone to be created in the image… Read More Around the Web
At Letters from Leo, Christopher Hale writes: In American politics, the first 100 days of a presidency serve as a litmus test — a special lens through which we gauge a leader’s vision, priorities, and early wins…. Now, that political template is being applied to the Vatican. Elected on May 8, 2025, as the first… Read More Leo the Listener’s First 100 Days
via In the Beginning…’: A Catholic Understanding of the Story of Creation and the Fall: Human beings are relational, and they possess their lives – themselves – only by way of relationship. I alone am not myself, but only in and with you am I myself. To be truly a human being means to be… Read More Flashback: Pope Benedict XVI on Relationality
Former Millennial of the Year Michael Wear writes: President Trump has been a profoundly antisocial force in our political life. He views the presidency not as a means by which to elevate and ennoble his fellow Americans, but as a way to humiliate his critics and reward cronies. This has been clear for a long… Read More Why Democrats Shouldn’t Copy Trump’s Style
via the Vatican: Today we find ourselves in a new culture, deeply characterized and formed by technology. It is up to us – it is up to each one of you – to ensure that this culture remains human. Science and technology influence the way we live in the world, even affecting how we understand… Read More Pope Leo to Digital Missionaries and Influencers: Be Agents of Communion
via David Baggett: This letter is a response from Henri to Fred having written and sent along an article that had been written about Fred. Although I’m unsure of which article it was, it evidently was quite critical of Fred’s work, and Fred seems to have been deeply bothered by it. Here’s the bulk of… Read More Flashback: Henri Nouwen’s Letter to Mister (Fred) Rogers
via the Vatican: If Christ shows us the face of a compassionate God, then to believe in him and to be his disciples means allowing ourselves to be changed and to take on his same feelings. It means learning to have a heart that is moved, eyes that see and do not look away, hands… Read More Pope Leo: We Need a ‘Revolution of Love’
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