via the Jerusalem Post: Forty-one percent of Americans don’t know what Auschwitz was, according to a comprehensive national survey of Holocaust awareness and knowledge among US adults… Two-thirds of Millennials interviewed, between the ages of 18 and 34, could not identify what Auschwitz is… The study found that 11% of US adults and over one-fifth… Read More Two-Thirds of US Millennials Can’t Identify What Auschwitz Is
Meghan Clark writes: There is a deep simplicity at the heart of Pope Francis’ new exhortation: We are called to become more fully who we are, the people of God. The call to holiness is at once personal and communal—pushing us to actively build the kingdom of God… My college students are rarely relativists seeking… Read More The Call to Holiness is Personal and Communal
He writes: Our defence of the innocent unborn, for example, needs to be clear, firm and passionate, for at stake is the dignity of a human life, which is always sacred and demands love for each person, regardless of his or her stage of development. Equally sacred, however, are the lives of the poor, those… Read More Pope Francis Backs Whole Life Approach in Gaudete et Exsultate
To honor the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, President Barack Obama and Congressman John Lewis participated in a roundtable on Dr. King with students from Ron Brown College Preparatory High School in Washington DC:
Deacon Timothy Tilghman shares his reflections on Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination:
Nichole Flores writes: Martin Luther King Jr. has been upheld as the paragon of racial justice activism, offering a broadly compelling account of human dignity grounded in his vision of the beloved community. But 50 years after his assassination, this vision is often manipulated or taken out of context in ways that water down the… Read More Remembering MLK’s Radicalism and Defending the Dignity of Black Lives
On Easter morning, I can’t help but remember that this Lenten season began on an Ash Wednesday marked by unthinkable violence at a high school in Parkland, Florida. The image of a grieving Parkland mother with the ashes still visible on her forehead is something that will not easily escape my mind and my heart.… Read More The Hope of Easter Sunday Runners
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