Check out these recent articles from around the web: The Year of Mercy Begins by Michael Sean Winters: “This is what mercy looks like in action: It consoles, it liberates, it gives courage, it brings light, it offers help. (And, its exercise will arouse Jansenists!) Mercy is more than an ethic, more than a dogma.… Read More Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: Pathfinding in Spain by Ashley McKinless: “They offered no checklists to follow, no “life hacks,” no guarantees of certainty about the path ahead. Instead there was the perspective of people who understand themselves as pilgrims, who could tell me how things look from a bit higher… Read More Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: For Pope Francis, wisdom comes from the poor by John Allen: “If you want to understand Francis’ agenda, in other words, you don’t need to Google the Catechism of the Catholic Church or the Code of Canon Law. You’d be better off heading to some place… Read More Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: An Interview with Anna Keating of The Catholic Catalogue: “Too often I think we assume that a “successful” life for young women needs to follow a script, or that the measure of success is income, or status. According to the current script, the twenties are supposed… Read More Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: So help me God: ‘Faithful Citizenship’ and Catholics in public life by Stephen Schneck: “Finally, Faithful Citizenship could remind American Catholics that citizenship is not a license, but rather an ongoing formation of the soul to serve the common good. With citizenship comes rights and privileges,… Read More Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: A few things you need to know about poverty in the U.S. right now by Tom Mulloy: “As Catholics, we strive for an economy that places people first. Everyone has a right to live in dignity, free from poverty, with decent work at just wages. Life… Read More Around the Web (Part 2)

Check out these recent articles from around the web: Let Girls Learn by Michelle Obama: “Scholarships, bathrooms, and safe transportation will only go so far if societies still view menstruation as shameful and shun menstruating girls. Or if they fail to punish rapists and reject survivors of rape as ‘damaged goods.’ Or if they provide… Read More Around the Web (Part 1)