via The Center for Christianity & Public Life: “For the Good of the Public” offers an annual opportunity to hear from leading voices on issues of public importance, and to consider the resources Christianity has to offer for the public good. CCPL’s annual summit is the premier forum for civic and Christian leaders committed to… Read More Imagining a Better Approach to Politics in the US

Since I learned that Gustavo Gutierrez passed, I’ve been thinking of him and the time I spent with him at Boston College in the summers of 2008 and 2010. I’m still amazed at the joy he radiated in all he said and did. Here is my favorite story with Gustavo Gutierrez: After class, I’d help… Read More Ice Cream, Gustavo Gutierrez, and a God That Delights in Us

Pope Francis: “Please, let us not forget the poor. May we dream of a world in which water, bread, work, medicine, land, and a home are goods available to every individual. #EndPoverty”

Meghan Clark writes: People do not exist in isolation; we are formed in and for community. For this reason, participation in the common good, alongside human dignity, are hallmarks of Catholic social teaching. Today, however, we find ourselves in communities fractured by deep divisions—political, ecclesial, and social. Our ability to be in community at all… Read More Isolation and Loneliness Threaten the Common Good

via AMDG: Our guest is Dr. Nichole Flores, one of the most exciting young theologians around. Nichole is an associate professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia, and completed her doctoral study in theological ethics at Boston College. It was tricky to decide what to talk to her about because her work covers… Read More In Faith-Filled Pursuit of Better Politics with Nichole Flores

Christian leaders, including Catholic defenders of democracy like Nichole Flores, have joined together to create and endorse a statement  to “reaffirm Christian support for democracy and invite all Christians and people of moral conscience to do the same.” It includes the following: On the Imago Dei and Human Dignity. Core to Christianity is the belief… Read More Catholic Leaders Endorse Statement Affirming a Christian Case for Democracy

via the Vatican: Today’s migratory routes are often marked by crossings of seas and deserts, which for many, too many people — too many! — are deadly. Therefore, today I want to dwell on this tragedy, this pain. Some of these routes we know well, because they are often in the spotlight; others, the majority,… Read More Pope Francis: Repelling Migrants is a Grave Sin