Check out these recent articles from around the web on racial justice and reform: Policing in America is broken and must change. But how? by NY Times: “The killing of George Floyd in police custody shows how far the country has to go; the resulting protests have pushed the Minneapolis City Council to take the… Read More Around the Web: Articles on Racial Justice and Reform
Check out these recent articles from around the web: The Last Anointing by Elizabeth Dias: “The country is facing a deeply personal crisis of spirit, not only of health or economics. A virus has forced a reckoning with the most intimate questions we have, questions not only about how we live, but also about how… Read More Around the Web
Jason King writes: Last year at Creighton University, more than 200 people gathered for the first of a series of conferences aimed at deeper daily integration of the messages of “Laudato Si’, on Care of Our Common Home.” The participants arrived in Omaha from many corners of Catholic life, among them parishes, high schools, congregations of religious… Read More Laudato Si and the US Catholic Church
via Matt Hadro: Pro-life advocates must speak out in defense of all human life–including issues of racial justice and deaths at the hands of police, a prominent pro-life lawmaker told CNA Wednesday. Louisiana state Senator Katrina Jackson told CNA in a June 3 interview that the pro-life movement “has made great strides in becoming more… Read More Racial Justice is a Pro-Life Issue
via Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego: A deep and crippling sadness envelops this nation that we love so deeply. The peril and the burden of a pandemic have worn us down. We have become isolated, cut off from so many of the joys that give meaning to our lives, and in many cases cut… Read More Bishop McElroy: The Death of One Man Conveys the Evil of 400 Years of Racial Oppression
Millennial Catholic Jonathan Lewis explains the importance of community in living as missionary disciples:
Christopher White writes: A new study shows that as millennials are approaching age 40, their family life radically differs from past generations, a reality that Catholic leaders and scholars say present particular challenges for passing on the faith and for building Catholic community. An analysis released last month by the Pew Research Center of new… Read More New Challenges for the Church, as Millennials Delay Marriage, Having Children
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