Pope Francis has made a conscious shift in the Church’s language on abortion, one that places the issue within the context of human rights and social justice, while recognizing the difficult situations that lead many women to procure abortions. When it comes to addressing the issue in this way, Cardinal Sean O’Malley is definitely on… Read More Top 10 Quotes from Cardinal O’Malley’s Whole Life Homily
Last night’s State of the Union touched on many issues that are connected to achieving the common good. Check out some of the top quotes below. On creating a more just economy: “Average wages have barely budged. Inequality has deepened. Upward mobility has stalled. The cold, hard fact is that even in the midst of… Read More Top Quotes from the State of the Union
Pope Francis: “Dear young people, let us not be satisfied with a mediocre life. Be amazed by what is true and beautiful, what is of God!”
Yesterday, a report was released that documents new evidence of crimes against humanity by Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria: “…a huge cache of evidence smuggled out of the country showing the “systematic killing” of about 11,000 detainees, according to three eminent international lawyers… Most of the victims were young men and many corpses were emaciated,… Read More New Evidence of Assad’s Crimes against Humanity
Michael Stafford has an excellent new article in which he writes that “our nation is marred by growing inequality, constricting opportunity, and declining social mobility- it has become a place where record-setting corporate profits do not translate to increased compensation for workers or even enough jobs for our legions of unemployed.” He makes a key… Read More Republican Elites Fight the Church on Economic Inequality and Human Dignity
I used to ask my students what they wanted to be when they grew up and why. The answers were often very revelatory, illuminating what motivated them, what inspired their hopes, and not just what they wanted to be, but who they wanted to be. It often reflected their values or insecurities, sometimes both. If… Read More Countering the Toxicity of Princess Culture
Fr. Jim Martin appeared on the Colbert Report last night. He did a great job placing the pope’s comments in their proper context (“If you have a problem with Pope Francis, you have a problem with Jesus.”). But the highlight of the show was when Stephen Colbert mocked the right-wing Catholics who have dismissed the… Read More Colbert Mocks Right-wing Claim That Pope Francis Doesn’t Understand Capitalism
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