Check out these recent articles from around the web: Chicago archbishop: Church should work through social changes together by Joshua McElwee: “‘That’s how I look at various discussions and dialogue with people, especially if they’re different from me and come up differently from me,’ he said. ‘I think those discussions are not only encounters for… Read More Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: New San Diego bishop speaks of a church that ‘banishes judgmentalism’ by Joshua McElwee: “”I think it’s important that there’s a real trajectory there,” McElroy said, connecting teachings on mercy by Popes John Paul II, Benedict XVI, and Francis. “What the theology of mercy is saying… Read More Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: Solidarity forever by Stephen Schneck: “Solidarity is indeed greater than gold, greater than the mere might of armies. It is also a virtue that’s been spiraling down in long retreat. Neighborhoods, families, and all the little communities of our daily lives have faded in an era… Read More Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: Erroneous Autonomy: A Conversation on Solidarity & Faith by Michael Sean Winters: “As Catholics, we do believe that people are entitled to a secure retirement, that they are entitled to adequate health care, that they are entitled to a living wage.” US bishops can change the… Read More Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: The Plight of the Rohingya by James Nachtwey: “A Muslim minority from western Burma, the 1.3 million-strong Rohingya have been denied the most basic of human rights: citizenship. Their sense of self has been lost. Since sectarian tensions erupted in 2012, roughly 140,000 Rohingya have been… Read More Around the Web (Part 2)

Check out these recent articles from around the web: Catholics organize to promote pope’s climate change message by Rachel Zoll: “When Pope Francis releases his much-anticipated teaching document on the environment and climate change in the coming weeks, a network of Roman Catholics will be ready. These environmental advocates – who work with bishops, religious… Read More Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: To Overcome Polarization, Focus on the Poor by David Lapp: “But asking what we can do—as religious congregations, neighbors, politicians—to come alongside the poor is a promising way to break through the polarization and get us talking to each other and rebuilding trust. And as one… Read More Around the Web