Chris Crawford writes: This moment in our history demands that we work to ensure a free and fair election, as well as a peaceful transition to a new presidential term. Each of us should discern the ways that we can protect the democratic institutions that preserve our way of life. My organization, Protect Democracy, has… Read More How Catholics Can Protect Democracy in 2024

via OSV News: A group of Catholic bishops recently traveled to Montgomery and Selma, Alabama, in what trip organizers called a “powerful encounter” amid the nation’s long-running reckoning with racism. Archbishop Shelton J. Fabre of Louisville, Kentucky, former chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, and current committee chair retired Auxiliary Bishop… Read More US Bishops Visit Selma, Montgomery

via L’Osservatore Romano: On Monday morning, 8 April, Pope Francis met with relatives of Israeli hostages being held in Gaza by Hamas since 7 October. The Holy See Press Office disclosed that the private meeting took place in the Vatican Apostolic Palace. Among those present were Bezalel Shnaider, aunt of Shiri Bibas, who was taken… Read More Pope Francis Meets with Relatives of Israeli Hostages Held by Hamas

Millennial writer Bethany Welch writes: During my novitiate with the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Philadelphia — a period of study, prayer and ministry in preparation for professing vows of poverty, chastity and obedience — we novices were asked to prepare semi-weekly reflections that expressed our understanding of content presented in workshops and classes. We… Read More Exploring the Vows of Poverty, Chastity and Obedience Through Art

via The Pope Video: In many parts of the world, women are treated like the first thing to get rid of. There are countries where women are forbidden to access aid, open a business, or go to school. In these places, they are subject to laws that make them dress a certain way. And in… Read More Pope Francis’ Prayer Intentions for April 2024: That the Dignity and Worth of Women Will be Recognized in Every Culture

Millennial Catholic Chris Crawford writes: We can recognize bravery while also embracing a more important truth: Bravery ceases to be virtuous when exercised in an unjust cause. We need not valorize the men who took up arms against the United States in defense of the system of slavery…. Lee left the fate of slavery in… Read More Antietam Doesn’t Need to Honor Robert E. Lee

via New York Encounter: A conversation on the questions, hopes, ideals, and concerns of today’s young adults with Tara Isabella Burton, author, and Fr. Patrick Gilger, assistant professor of sociology at Loyola University Chicago, moderated by Stephen Adubato, writer and educator In this change of epoch—to use an image dear to Pope Francis—there is no… Read More The Questions, Hopes, Ideals, and Concerns of Today’s Young Adults