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
Millennial writer Daniel DiLeo has a new post at Political Theology Today. He writes: Nearly one month after the release of Laudato Si’ (LS’), most commentators – myself included – are still trying to wrap their minds around the prophetic, difficult and sometimes unexpected elements of the Catholic Church’s first papal encyclical on ecology. Although… Read More Pope Francis, Carbon Credits, and a Carbon Tax
Puerto Rico is facing a fiscal crisis. This has largely escaped the attention of the American public. Thankfully Archbishop Roberto González Nieves of San Juan, Puerto Rico has taken to Time to shine light on the debt crisis his nation faces, the human impact, and how we might respond. He writes: Puerto Rico, the island… Read More Archbishop Seeks Remedy to Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis
In the past month, several black churches have been burned to the ground, three as a result of suspected arson. People of faith should be deeply saddened and worried. There have been attempts – by the media and by individuals – to downplay how disturbing these church burnings are. Some have dismissed these acts of… Read More Black Churches are Burning, the Faith Community Must Act
via David Gibson Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a Mexican bishop who reportedly shielded a priest accused of sexually molesting an 11-year-old boy, and on Wednesday the Vatican announced that a Brazilian archbishop who spent $600,000 on renovations to his home and offices had been dismissed. The moves are the latest signs that… Read More Pope Francis Gives Two More Bishops the Boot
Timothy O’Malley, the director of the Notre Dame Center for Liturgy, has an outstanding article at Patheos on millennial Catholics and the Church. He writes: “They eschew a form of clericalism in which ordination bestows every human gift possible; yet, they love priests, seeing them as signs of an alternative way of happiness in the… Read More Millennial Catholics and the Church
Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale has a new article at the Washington Post on the undercover video of a Planned Parenthood executive that was recently released by The Center for Medical Progress. He writes: “Nucatola’s indifferent disposition revealed a disturbing attitude. She had no problem casually discussing her organization’s participation and leadership in what Pope Francis… Read More Democrats Should Take on Planned Parenthood and the Throwaway Culture
