via NY Times: Myanmar’s army commander and other top generals should face trial in an international court for genocide against Rohingya Muslims and for crimes against humanity targeting other ethnic minorities, United Nations experts said on Monday after a yearlong investigation. Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, the commander in chief of Myanmar’s army, is one… Read More UN Panel: Myanmar Generals Should Face Genocide Charges

via Barack Obama: John McCain and I were members of different generations, came from completely different backgrounds, and competed at the highest level of politics. But we shared, for all our differences, a fidelity to something higher – the ideals for which generations of Americans and immigrants alike have fought, marched, and sacrificed. We saw… Read More Barack Obama on the Passing of John McCain

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via Letter of His Holiness Pope Francis to the People of God: “If one member suffers, all suffer together with it” (1 Cor 12:26). These words of Saint Paul forcefully echo in my heart as I acknowledge once more the suffering endured by many minors due to sexual abuse, the abuse of power and the abuse… Read More Pope Francis on Sex Abuse and Cover-up: We Must Respond to These Atrocities with Solidarity

On Twitter, Susan Reynolds writes: This morning at Mass, I witnessed something I have never seen, and words still mostly fail me. /1 — Dr. Susan Reynolds (@SusanBReynolds1) August 19, 2018 Our priest gave a powerful homily. He explained how poor ecclesiology has disempowered lay people &, in simple terms, how we must view this… Read More American Catholics Don’t Want Easy Answers

Don’t sleep on Sister Mary Jo’s curve ball 🔥 pic.twitter.com/GMBqLJaUUh — ESPN (@espn) August 19, 2018 via Yahoo Sports: This is Sister Mary Jo Sobieck, and she just authored one of the most epic first pitches we’ve seen this season or any other season. That’s not even up for debate. It’s an undisputed fact after… Read More Sister Mary Jo Throws a Perfect Strike at White Sox Game

Michael Sean Winters writes: I do not think 10 minutes passed after America magazine’s publication of Stephanie Slade’s essay “A Libertarian Case for the Common Good” before my inbox filled with emails asking when I would respond. Pointing out the incompatibility of libertarianism and Catholic social thought has been one of the principal focuses of… Read More MSW on Libertarianism and Publishing Sophomoric Distortions of Catholic Teaching