Christopher Hale writes: This “Ash Wednesday Valentine’s Day” gives us an opportunity to reconsider what love is, and what love is not. For a Christian, the rock band Boston got it right in 1976: Love is “more than a feeling.” We doubt the authenticity of the Kay Jewelers, empty-shelled love that marks the bourgeois celebration… Read More Ash Wednesday Valentine’s Day Can Remind Us of the True Nature of Love
Jordan Denari Duffner, an associate at Georgetown’s Bridge Initiative and the author of Finding Jesus Among Muslims: How Loving Islam Makes Me a Better Catholic appeared on Jesuitical two weeks ago to talk about her book and Catholic-Islamic dialogue. She was a panelist at last year’s How Catholics Should Respond to the Rise of the… Read More Three Interviews with Millennial Catholic Women
Christopher White writes: In the lead-up to October’s synod on “Young people, faith and vocational discernment,” much of the discussion has been on the needs of young people within the church. That’s a very good and necessary conversation, but it should also be had alongside a discussion of what can be done to reach the… Read More We Can’t Forget About Young People Who Have Left the Church
Elizabeth Bruenig writes: Consider the paid parental leave plan teased in President Trump’s State of the Union address, which has now gained traction with Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Ivanka Trump. The plan, described as “a budget-neutral approach to parental leave” by advocates, would allow parents to draw from their Social Security benefits early to… Read More Why the GOP’s Individualistic Paid Family Leave Plan is Inadequate
Christopher White writes: American Catholics have “shown a lack of moral consciousness on the issue of race,” Bishop George Murry told attendees at the 2018 Catholic Social Ministry Gathering. While he believes America has made progress on the issue of race relations, he said that “recent events in our country have questioned exactly how far… Read More Bishop Murry: US Catholics Have Failed to Take Decisive Action on Racism
“What is at the root of slavery, unemployment, and disregard for nature and goods held in common? Corruption, a process of death that feeds the culture of death. Because the thirst for power and possessions knows no limits. Corruption is not countered with silence. We must speak about it, denounce its evils, and try to… Read More Pope Francis’ Prayer Intentions for February 2018: For An End to Corruption
Elizabeth Bruenig writes: This is the real state of our union, the condition of our collective us-ness: The very idea of America lies wounded, too compromised and discredited to support anything like a vibrant civic nationalism or a vast loyalty to ideals such as liberty and justice for all. Confidence in American institutions — from… Read More Trump’s Nationalism Won’t Fix Our Problems
