Michael Sean Winters of NCR has written an excellent preview of the pope’s upcoming visit to the United States. Check out each of the articles: Pope Francis is Coming! Part 1 by Michael Sean Winters: “The overarching theme is this: The Church has become too self-referential and worldly, and this has crippled its ability to… Read More MSW Previews Pope Francis’ US Trip
With mass shootings, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the recent rise in murder rates in numerous big cities all making headlines, now seems like a good time to think about the relationship between Catholic values and approaches to reducing gun violence. In this interview, Millennial editor Robert Christian addresses these topics with the founder… Read More A Catholic Approach to Gun Violence: An Interview with Nancy Grogan
Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale has a new article at Time. He writes: Playing political football with the pope is a tradition as old as the office itself. From ancient Roman emperors to Renaissance English monarchs to modern-day Congressmen, politicians have long have used the pope to push ideological agendas. Under Francis’s predecessor Benedict XVI, many… Read More Pope Francis isn’t a Democrat (or a Republican)
via ABC News: In Los Angeles, Rosemary Farfan, 31, shared with the pontiff her struggles as a single mother to daughters Alyssa, 11, and Celeste, 8. She told ABC News that she and her daughters had stayed at Good Shepherd Center for Homeless Women and Children until June. The shelter had helped the trio find… Read More Pope Francis to Single Mom: Don’t Be Ashamed, You Are Brave and Respect Life
via AP: Pope Francis on Monday spoke by satellite with audiences in Chicago, Los Angeles and McAllen, Texas ahead of his upcoming US visit. The Pope asked a Chicago girl to sing after she spoke about using music to find comfort from bullying.
Today is the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. Here is a prayer from the closing of Laudato Si for those who are participating: God of love, show us our place in this world as channels of your love for all the creatures of this earth, for not one of them is… Read More Prayer for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation
Guns take a life every 16 minutes in the United States—92 lives every day. In a compelling op-ed for The New York Times, Nicholas Kristof argues that the time has come to address gun violence in response to a public health crisis. Gun rights activists will quickly retort that guns ensure greater safety and that… Read More Guns in America: Ideology or Idolatry?
