Following the recent death of seven-year-old Jakelin Caal, Fr. James Martin, SJ offered his thoughts: I want to point out that blaming the victim, or the victim’s parents, is a terrible, and indeed sinful, perversion of Jesus’s Parable of the Good Samaritan (Lk 10:25-37). Remember that in Jesus’s parable a man takes the Road to… Read More Stop Blaming Parents for Trying to Save Their Kids’ Lives
In 2005 and 2006, my wife and I led a group of high school and college students to Guatemala for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. We learned about Mayan culture and what refugees endured during a 36-year civil war, and we saw firsthand the widespread poverty, unemployment, and other social problems (substance abuse, domestic violence, gang activity,… Read More Migrants Are Fighting for Survival
Former Millennial of the Year Nadia Murad is one of recipients of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Here are some highlights from her Nobel lecture: I hope that today marks the beginning of a new era – when peace is the priority, and the world can collectively begin to define a new roadmap to protect… Read More Nadia Murad: Let Us All Unite to Fight Injustice and Oppression
At NCR, Millennial writer Mike Jordan Laskey writes: War on Christmas. Did you roll your eyes when you read it? This cable-news fake controversy has been around long enough now to have become a parody of itself. But do not be complacent. There is indeed a War on Christmas going on, if a bit different… Read More The Real War on Christmas
In their new pastoral letter against racism, “Open Wide Our Hearts: The Enduring Call to Love,” the US Bishops write: The injustice and harm racism causes are an attack on human life. The Church in the United States has spoken out consistently and forcefully against abortion, assisted suicide, euthanasia, the death penalty, and other forms… Read More US Bishops: We Unequivocally State That Racism is a Life Issue
via CNN: Anti-Semitic stereotypes are alive and well in Europe, while the memory of the Holocaust is starting to fade, a sweeping new survey by CNN reveals. More than a quarter of Europeans polled believe Jews have too much influence in business and finance. Nearly one in four said Jews have too much influence in conflict and… Read More New Poll Shows Disturbing Amount of Antisemitism in Europe
David Hollenbach describes Jesuit efforts to promote the global common good:
