On the second anniversary of Laudato Si, Cardinal Luis Tagle of the Philippines is calling on Catholics around the world to respond to the pope’s encyclical by pledging to pray for and with creation, live more simply, and advocate to protect our common home. Those living in the US can take the pledge here, and… Read More Cardinal Chito: Sign the Laudato Si’ Pledge
via Vatican Radio: Pope Francis met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her husband on Saturday in a private audience at the Vatican Apostolic Palace. A communique from the Holy See Press Office called their discussions “cordial” and said they spoke about “the good relations and fruitful collaboration between the Holy See and Germany”. “Issues… Read More Pope Francis, Angela Merkel Discuss Combating Hunger, Poverty, Terrorism, and Climate Change
Catholic Congressman Chris Smith, a Republican from New Jersey, discusses the causes of famine in South Sudan and efforts to address it, including the work of Catholic Relief Services (via CNS):
via Michael O’Loughlin: A handful of bishops offered impassioned pleas for Catholics to take a stand against both a proposed federal budget that critics say guts the social safety net and efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act with a law that could strip health care from millions of poor Americans. “Within two weeks we… Read More Bishops: Don’t Hurt the Poor by Repealing ACA, Gutting the Safety Net
Fr. Thomas Rosica has a new interview at Salt and Light with Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago. Cardinal Cupich discusses a wide range of topics, including welcoming refugees: “We have to keep burning brightly that lamp that Lady Liberty has in our harbor in New York…it’s part of our heritage, it’s part of our soul.… Read More Cardinal Cupich Discusses Welcoming Refugees and More in New Interview
Check out these recent articles from around the web: ‘This Economy Kills’: Catholics Shouldn’t Defend It by Anthony Annett: “Brooks—like his ideological comrade Paul Ryan—seems under the spell of libertarianism or market fundamentalism, an ideology that puts economic freedom first. This ideology insists that all market rewards are fairly and justly earned and that the… Read More Around the Web
Millennial editor Robert Christian has a new article at OSV: In January, I marched at the annual March for Life. In April, I took to the streets of Washington, D.C. once again for the People’s Climate March. On both occasions, I was motivated by the same basic impulse: to stand up for human dignity and… Read More Why I Attended Both the Climate March and the March for Life
