This week I watched a disturbing (yet somehow still hilarious) exposé by “Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver on food waste in the United States. Here are a few of the figures Oliver presents in order to illustrate the magnitude of the problem: As much as 40% of food produced in the US never gets… Read More John Oliver, Pope Francis, and Jesus on Food: Reflections on Feasting and Famine
Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale has a new article in Time. He writes: Francis has asked politicians around the world to change the conversation from horserace political issues to core issues that are foundational to the common good: “I beg the Lord to grant us more politicians who are genuinely disturbed by the state of society,… Read More Why US Presidential Candidates Might Follow Francis’ Lead
We’re still weeks away from Pope Francis’ highly anticipated trip to the United States. But Stephen Colbert is already giving the pope a warm welcome, thanking him for his commitment to a Church for the poor and about the poor.
“You should have had an abortion.” These are the words KJ Harmon’s mom, Tasha, heard when an ultrasound technician informed her that her not-yet-born son’s kidney was full of cysts. This is the ultimate expression of the throwaway culture, where the imperfect are supposed to be discarded as worthless. It is part of a long… Read More “You Should Have Had an Abortion” vs. Every Life Matters
Here are some highlights of Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle’s letter to Caritas Internationalis: “In some parts of the world babies are born, children grow up and adults face the end of their lives living and working in the poisonous waste created and discarded by others. In other parts people live on a tightrope between floods… Read More Cardinal Tagle’s Letter on Laudato Si
This post by Eric Immel, SJ is also featured on The Jesuit Post. I do, at times, consider leaving the Society of Jesus. Like when I hear a baby cry right at the end of the Eucharistic prayer, or unlock the doors of a neglected community car that isn’t mine, or wake up alone.
Amy Davidson succinctly explains why so many people favor leaving Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill and replacing Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill: “Ever since the Secretary of the Treasury, Jack Lew, announced, last month, that the next version of the ten would feature a woman, that has been the baffled… Read More Replace Andrew Jackson (Not Alexander Hamilton) with Harriet Tubman
