Millennial writer Mike Jordan Laskey has a new article at NCR: Familial love would be stronger than religious difference. This commitment never wavered. Between my two younger siblings and me, there were three baptisms, three first Communions and three Confirmations. Grandma was there for all nine. Reminiscing about her with other family members since her… Read More My Jewish Grandmother’s Hospitality Transcended Divides

Haiti’s history is marked by tragedy – natural disasters and human suffering – but a new Catholic hospital is bringing hope and healing to a rural community (via America):

There are a lot of ways you can describe the shaming and exclusion of a pregnant teenage woman, but you sure can’t call it either Christian or pro-life. In our faith tradition, God himself choose to enter into the grittiness of human living through the courageous ‘yes’ of an unwed, pregnant teenager. This young girl… Read More It Isn’t Pro-Life or Christian to Shame Pregnant Teens

Here are some highlights of the responses from Catholic leaders who share the Church’s commitment to care for creation to President Trump’s decision to withdraw US participation from the Paris Agreement: Cardinal Sean O’Malley wrote: Laudato si’, is a message that invites all people of goodwill to reflect on our responsibility to care for our… Read More Catholic Leaders Denounce Trump’s Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement

Millennial writer Christopher White writes: In the spring semester of my sophomore year of college, I found myself studying abroad in Paris. Frustrated by the divisions within Protestantism and exploring the history and tradition of the Catholic faith, I decided to spend my Sundays in Paris bouncing to different Catholic parishes…. In Protestant churches, the… Read More Attending Mass Led to My Conversion to Catholicism

In a series of tweets, Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago wrote: The president’s misguided decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord does not diminish our responsibility to care for the planet. Environmental stewardship is a global issue and requires a spirit of cooperation, not the national individualism sadly displayed yesterday. Climate change is real.… Read More Cardinal Cupich Knocks Trump’s ‘Misguided’ Climate Move as Moral Failure

Bishop Oscar Cantú of Las Cruces, Chairman of the USCCB Committee on International Justice and Peace, has issued the following statement (via the USCCB): “The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is on record supporting prudent action to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change. Our Conference of Bishops has vigorously promoted the teaching… Read More US Bishops to Trump: Don’t Abandon the Paris Agreement