Pope Leo XIV via the Vatican: While in past ages there were Christian writings — influenced by dualistic philosophies — that had a rather negative view of the body, mainstream Christian theology emphasized the goodness of the material world, affirming that the human person is a unity of spirit, soul and body. According to Thomas,… Read More Pope Leo on How Sports Can Foster Virtue, If Protected from Greed

via the Vatican: This year, I would first like to consider the importance of making room for the word through listening. The willingness to listen is the first way we demonstrate our desire to enter into relationship with someone…. In the midst of the many voices present in our personal lives and in society, Sacred… Read More Pope Leo’s Message for Lent: Listen, Disarm Our Language

via Rehumanize International: A coalition of more than 30 pro-life organizations and thought leaders is calling on the Trump administration to reinstate federal protections preventing the detention of pregnant, postpartum and nursing women in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. In an open letter to President Trump, Secretary Noem and Acting ICE Director Lyons,… Read More Pro-Lifers Tell ICE: Stop Detaining Pregnant, Postpartum, and Nursing Women

On Facebook, Gloria Purvis writes: Racist caricatures have always circulated in American life. What makes this a crisis is that it came from the presidency—the office that symbolically represents the entire nation. When a private citizen posts a racist meme, it reveals individual sin. When the President does it, it functions as a signal from… Read More The Harm Inflicted by Trump’s Latest Racist Action

New NY Archbishop Ronald A. Hicks via RNS: “This is a call to be a missionary church, not a country club,” he said. “A club exists to serve its members. The church exists, on the other hand, to go out and serve all people — on fire, with faith, with hope and charity in the… Read More A Missionary Church, Not a Country Club

The Catholic Bishops of California, via the California Catholic Conference: At a moment when people are exercising their First Amendment rights to protest and seek accountability, violence only deepens wounds and erodes the foundations of peace and public trust. We echo our brother bishops’ call for restraint, transparency, and respect for the dignity of every… Read More California Bishops: Deportation Alone is Not an Immigration Strategy

John Carr, founder of the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University, in a recent interview with OSV News: I grew up in South Minneapolis and I am heartbroken by the recent killings, the children shot at Annunciation Parish and the death of George Floyd so close to my neighborhood. And… Read More If Faithful Catholics Are Politically Homeless, We Need to Build a Home