Last night, Elizabeth Bruenig spoke at DC Catholic’s Theology on Tap. Here are some highlights of her talk: How to Live the Catholic Counterculture in 2018 in 10 Steps: Step 1: Be Catholic on the inside: be who God wills you to be Step 2: Learn Catholic history: helps you contextualize areas of conflict between… Read More How to Live the Catholic Counterculture in 2018 in 10 Steps
Christopher White writes: The U.S. bishops have termed the Trump administration’s decision not to renew the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation to El Salvador as “heartbreaking” and pledged to stand with Salvadoran TPS recipients as they risk being separated from their families and homes in the United States. The decision, announced by the Department of… Read More Catholic Leaders Denounce Unconscionable, Heartbreaking Decision to End TPS Designation for 200,000 Salvadorans
Greta Gerwig wrote and directed the award-winning “Lady Bird”—a movie set in a Catholic high school in Sacramento. In a number of interviews, Gerwig has explained the influence of her own experience at a Catholic high school and how it shaped the film. At America, Eloise Blondiau writes: Although this is a film saturated in… Read More Greta Gerwig on ‘Lady Bird’: What if Someone Made a Movie that Showed the Beautiful Things About Catholic Schools?
Christopher White writes: Henri Nouwen is among my favorite writers on the spiritual life, so it was a particular delight to read Love, Henri – a collection of over 100 previously unpublished letters to close friends, admirers, and colleagues. Nouwen’s prolific writings have rightly landed him among the ranks of the Church’s most influential communicators, yet… Read More The Best Books I Read in 2017
Elizabeth Bruenig writes: Whatever virtues Trump and his administration are aiming for, mercy isn’t among them. Mercy, after all, is a quality of the strong; in his repeated attacks on those with the very least, Trump is most obviously weak. While many of us were absorbed in the holidays, the Trump administration relaxed Medicare’s penalty… Read More Trump the Merciless
Bishop Mark Seitz writes: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must decide by Jan. 8 whether to extend or end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for El Salvador. TPS was created by Congress in 1990 and allows people whose countries have experienced natural disasters, armed conflicts or exceptional situations to remain temporarily in the United… Read More Bishop Seitz: Ending TPS for El Salvador Would Put Children’s Lives at Risk
Millennial’s Elizabeth Bruenig is now a columnist at the Washington Post. In her first column, she writes: Christmas is back, and better than ever: Haven’t you heard? “People are proud to be saying Merry Christmas again,” President Trump declared on Twitter on Christmas Eve, with an unmistakable note of triumph. As has been widely pointed… Read More The War on the Poor Matters More than the ‘War on Christmas’
