In The Poisoning of Flint: How It Happened, I outlined some key points: The poisoning of the population of Flint, Michigan did not just happen – it was caused. Democratic processes were overridden in the name of “fiscal responsibility.” Those in positions of power (General Motors and State officials) were provided with safe, clean water… Read More Catholic Social Teaching and the Poisoning of Flint
There is a massive and ongoing injustice occurring in Flint, Michigan. As I sat down to write this blog post, I honestly didn’t know where to begin. The men, women, and children of Flint have been poisoned. Their water continues to poison. And those charged with protecting the public are morally culpable—at best morally complicit… Read More The Poisoning of Flint: How It Happened
Cardinal Peter Turkson recently gave a speech at The Future of the Corporation: From Best in the World to Best for the World. Here are some highlights of the speech: Not only is there poverty and social exclusion in the midst of plenty; economic activity is also degrading the natural environment, even to the point… Read More Everyone Must Act Responsibly to Save Our World
Pope Francis: “It is necessary to form people for ‘a new humanism of work’ in which man, and not profit, is at the center; in which the economy serves man, and does not simply make use of him.”
Of my many, many shortcomings, the one I perhaps dislike most is that I am not easily impressed. It is a fault born of a blessed life, but a fault none the less. On my second and final day of pre-Cana last weekend I tried, not always successfully, to keep this in mind. Like on… Read More Time for a More Personal Approach to Marriage Prep?
Millennial Catholic Megan McCabe, who has written on hookup culture and rape culture at Millennial, has a new article at America. She writes: This process of desensitization and subsequent search for a new thrill is one way that male viewers find themselves aroused by acts of violence and degradation that they previously would have found… Read More Pornography Is a Social Justice Issue
“Continue to overcome apathy, offering a Christian response to the social and political anxieties, which are arising in various parts of the world. I ask you to be builders of the world, to work for a better world. Dear young people, please, don’t be observers of life, but get involved. Jesus did not remain an… Read More Don’t Be an Observer: Our Generation’s Call to Defend Life
