Catholic Social Teaching 101: Care for God’s Creation
Check out this great video from the USCCB and CRS on creation care, featuring Fr. James Martin, Dr. Carolyn Woo, and Cardinal Peter Turkson:
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Pope Francis: Catholic Hypocrites Offer Counter-Witness, Bring Scandal
Pope Francis once again spoke about the need to move away from a legalistic mindset and to live out the faith in our daily lives, rather than growing complacent because we attend mass: “The literal observance of precepts,” explained Pope Francis, “will be fruitless if [said observance] does not change the heart and does not… Read More Pope Francis: Catholic Hypocrites Offer Counter-Witness, Bring Scandal
Pope Francis and the Dictatorship of Relativism
The central focus of Pope Francis’ papacy has been the poor. Over and over again, his words and his actions show that he wants a poor Church for the poor. His focus is sometimes contrasted with Pope Benedict’s focus on “the dictatorship of relativism” and the collapse of the Church in Europe. Of course, Pope… Read More Pope Francis and the Dictatorship of Relativism
Building a Whole Life Culture: The Culture of Death Includes Poverty, Hunger, Oppression, Exploitation, and Abortion
Recently, the Center for Medical Progress has shed an interrogating light on the “culture of death” by exposing Planned Parenthood for what may very well be the sale of fetal tissue and body parts for research and other scientific purposes. There isn’t much I can add to the myriad of Catholic voices that have spoken… Read More Building a Whole Life Culture: The Culture of Death Includes Poverty, Hunger, Oppression, Exploitation, and Abortion
Philadelphia Inmates Craft Chair for Pope Francis’ Upcoming Visit
“I have a dogmatic certainty: God is in every person’s life. God is in everyone’s life. Even if the life of a person has been a disaster, even if it is destroyed by vices, drugs or anything else—God is in this person’s life. You can, you must try to seek God in every human life.”… Read More Philadelphia Inmates Craft Chair for Pope Francis’ Upcoming Visit
The Pope Wants Concrete Action on Climate Change and Protecting Creation
Millennial editor Robert Christian has a new article at Crux. He writes: While Laudato Si’ builds upon decades of Catholic social teaching, the duty to care for creation that is rooted in Biblical commands, and the strong statements of his most immediate predecessors, Pope Francis provides, via his encyclical, real urgency on the need to… Read More The Pope Wants Concrete Action on Climate Change and Protecting Creation
The Curse of Looking Young
I look young. I’ve always looked young and it’s always been a major insecurity for me. I remember being 13 and getting so frustrated if the host at a restaurant instinctively grabbed the kids’ menu and a box of crayons. “I don’t need crayons,” I’d say snootily. But as someone who is 30, this is not… Read More The Curse of Looking Young
