Pope Francis has asked young people to spend two minutes a day reading the Gospel, saying that this simple practice is enough to change their lives.

Cardinal Blase Cupich responds to a Chicago Tribune editorial that “attempted to provide a counterpoint to Pope Francis’ call for economic justice”: The Vatican recognizes that the Great Recession was not simply a financial crisis, but a moral one. A handful of financial institutions and traders began selling exotic securities that were largely unknown, poorly… Read More Cardinal Cupich: Why does our economy leave so many behind?

Abigail Malone explains why women deserve better than abortion and why Ireland should support women and protect the lives of all people by voting to keep the Eighth Amendment, which protects the right to life:

NCR has some outstanding coverage of the new Vatican document “Considerations for an Ethical Discernment Regarding Some Aspects of the Present Economic-Financial System.” Here are three thoughtful op-eds to check out from their site: Stephen Schneck writes: The Vatican’s economic document does not disappoint. It calls into question the failure of regulators to address the… Read More Why Americans Should Pay Attention to the Vatican’s New Economic Document

Bishop Robert Barron, the founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries and Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, speaks at Google about religion and the opening up of the mind:

Here are some highlights from the new Vatican document from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development,“Considerations for an Ethical Discernment Regarding Some Aspects of the Present Economic-Financial System”: What is needed, on the one hand, is an appropriate regulation of the dynamics of the markets… Read More Vatican Critiques Free Market Ideology, Calls for New Forms of Economy and Finance

via NY Times: A Chilean survivor of clerical sex abuse has said that Pope Francis told him in a private meeting this month that God had made him gay and that both God and the pontiff loved him that way, a remarkable expression of inclusion for the leader of the Roman Catholic Church. “He said… Read More Gay Man Says Pope Told Him: ‘God Made You This Way and Loves You This Way’