via Cardinal Seán O’Malley: To our Muslim brothers and sisters in New Zealand who are suffering from today’s murderous attacks on innocent people of faith and goodwill during their time of prayer, we stand with you in condemning this horrendous assault on human dignity. We lift up our hearts in earnest prayer to God on… Read More Cardinal Seán: Respect, Inclusion, Solidarity Must Overcome Ideology of Hate Behind NZ Attack

In a talk for Q Ideas, Michael Wear discusses Christianity and politics, making a number of points, including: Christians should go to politics to advance justice and affirm dignity. We take politics seriously in all the wrong ways. It’s not meant to meet our spiritual and emotional needs. We are called to work for the… Read More Michael Wear on Political Homelessness

via the Sacramento Bee: When Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Wednesday putting a moratorium on the death penalty in California, he called it the culmination of a personal, 40-year journey…. Saying the death penalty is “ineffective, irreversible and immoral,” Newsom granted reprieves to all 737 Californians awaiting executions – sparing the lives of… Read More California Gov. Newsom Announces Moratorium on the Death Penalty, Whole Life Advocates Praise Move

In a recent speech, Pope Francis said: At present, however, a source of great concern to me is the spread, in many places, of a climate of wickedness and fury, in which an excessive and depraved hatred is taking root. I think especially of the outbreak of anti-Semitic attacks in various countries. Today I also… Read More We Must Vigilant in the Fight against Antisemitism

Millennial writer Nichole Flores to UVA Today: I think the beginning of Lent comes at an advantageous time for the church this year, on the heels of the Vatican Summit on the protection of minors. It is a time, built within the liturgical calendar, for lament, confession and acknowledgement of sin and the suffering caused… Read More Nichole Flores on Lent and Ella Baker

Anna Sutherland passed away last Wednesday. She wrote the terrific article “Conservatives Must Increase Economic Security Not Undermine It,” as a guest contributor for Millennial. Her work was smart, thoughtful, fair, fact-driven, precise, and rooted in a thoroughly Catholic worldview. We invited her multiple times to become an official writer for Millennial, viewing her as… Read More Anna Sutherland (1989-2019)

RepresentUs board member Jennifer Lawrence and Director of RepresentUs Josh Silver explain the dysfunction and legal corruption in the US system of government, how it can be fixed, and what the American people can do about it. The organization exists to bring together conservatives, progressives, and everyone in between to pass powerful anti-corruption laws that… Read More Unbreaking America: A New Short Film with Jennifer Lawrence about Solving the Corruption Crisis with Political Reform