Beirut last night. Baghad this morning. And Paris tonight. ISIS is on a mission to terrorize the entire world. But while they promote an ideology of hate, there are heroes rising up across the globe to offer a counter-witness of radical love. Tonight I broke bread with one of them: Archbishop Bashar Warda of Erbil,… Read More An Iraqi bishop willing to die for his flock
On my last night in Iraq and amidst the terrorist attacks in Baghdad, Beirut, and Paris, I joined other Christians in praying to Mary for peace. My time in the birthplace of civilization has given me a strong belief of how faith lived in the existential peripheries of the world can transform society. Despite their… Read More Hope and Prayer as I Depart from Iraq
Our prayers go out to the people of Paris in the wake of today’s horrific terrorist attacks, particularly the victims and their loved ones. We pray for all people who are victims of terrorism and mass murder and for all the refugees around the world who are fleeing similarly evil acts of brutality and savagery.… Read More Heavy Hearts and Prayers in the Wake of the Paris Attacks
Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga of Honduras, a key advisor to Pope Francis and chair of his Council of Cardinals, recently spoke at Pope Francis’ Environmental Encyclical: Protecting the Planet and the Poor, an event cosponsored by the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, Georgetown Law Center’s Environmental Law Program and Climate Change… Read More The Climate Cardinal: Cardinal Óscar Rodríguez
“I was a stranger, and you welcomed me.” Jesus tells us this is one of the top criteria that God will use to judge our lives. If Jesus is right, Fr. Yanis is a saint. After Syrians and Iraqis were kicked out of their homes by ISIS, this desert monk opened his monastery on the… Read More A desert saint on the border of Iraq and Iran
Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale has a new article at Crux. He writes: In an August 2014 Wall Street Journal opinion piece, Ryan apologized for using the language of “makers and takers” in the past to describe the relationship between the rich and the poor: The phrase gave insult where none was intended. People struggling and… Read More Paul Ryan should take the pope’s words to heart
Is civil war coming to the Catholic Church over the possible creation of a penitential path back to communion for divorced and remarried Catholics? On its face, this claim seems preposterous, a half-baked fantasy cooked up by a small group of Catholic traditionalists and reactionaries whose enmity toward Pope Francis has reached new heights. I… Read More Will There Be Civil War in the Church?
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