Here are our ten most popular Pope Francis quotes from 2016, as featured in our Quote of the Day series: “There is no saint without a past and no sinner without a future.” “Do not be afraid! God is great, God is good, and we all have something good inside us.” “A faith incapable of… Read More Top 10 Pope Francis Quotes from 2016

It’s hard to imagine what people did on trains and buses before the advent of smartphones. I’m sure my parents or some old-timey Chicagoans could tell me, but knowing what the past looked like on public transportation probably won’t change anything about how most people ride today. Heads are bowed down, thumbs or forefingers flicking… Read More Called Out of Consumption

Millennial writer Mike Jordan Laskey has a new article at NCR. He writes: The word “martyr” means witness, and these Syrian witnesses blow me away. Their everyday lives make them more personally intimate with the story of St. Stephen than most of us ever will be. Yet, confronted by unimaginable violence, they showed up to… Read More My New Year’s Resolution: Be a Witness

via CNS: The Burlington, Vermont, diocese will observe a special Year of Creation during 2017. Similar to the global Year of Mercy, which emphasized the role of mercy in the Catholic faith, the diocesan-wide Year of Creation will bring an intentional, heightened focus on ecological justice. Various events, initiatives and resources will be made available… Read More Burlington Diocese Will Celebrate Year of Creation in 2017

Millennial writer Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig has a new article at Jacobin: Christianity is at all times concerned with the poorest, the most vulnerable, the most oppressed; it is permanently interested in reversing this order, in aiming at and accomplishing the unexpected. Christmas, the moment when time is invaded by eternity, is the moment when the… Read More Christmas is a Call to Revolution.

Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale has a new article at the Washington Post. He writes: The meaning of Christmas isn’t strength and visibility in the public sphere. The central claim of this holiday has always been that the rejected, crucified and executed Jesus Christ is still somehow Lord of the entire earth. In Trump’s world, those… Read More Pope Francis is Waging War on a Bourgeois Approach to Christmas. Let’s Join Him.

Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago offers a Christmas message of hope, mercy, unity, and peace, while encouraging us to see immigrants and refugees as a blessing rather than a problem.