This year’s Bernardin Award winner has been announced: Pope Francis’ admonition that a shepherd must have the “smell of the sheep” is frequently referenced in the work of pastors and bishops. But for Edith Avila Olea, 22, it applies to any leader in the Church, especially those working on behalf of the poor and vulnerable.… Read More 2015 Bernardin Award: Fighting for Justice is Our Mission
Today was a big day at the Supreme Court for healthcare and housing. via the AP: The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the nationwide tax subsidies under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, in a ruling that preserves health insurance for millions of Americans. The justices said in a 6-3 ruling that the subsidies that… Read More Breaking: Supreme Court Upholds Nationwide Healthcare Subsidies and Racial Discrimination Rules for Housing
One of my favorite lines in Laudato Si is when Pope Francis writes, “How wonderful is the certainty that each human life is not adrift in the midst of hopeless chaos, in a world ruled by pure chance or endlessly recurring cycles!” Faith gives us the belief that creation and history are infused with real… Read More Pope Francis: Love is Stronger than Death
Millennial editor Robert Christian has a new article at Busted Halo. He writes: Before anything else, pro-lifers should support Pope Francis’ message because environmental degradation directly threatens and ends human lives — not just in an equation predicting the worst-case scenario in a model on climate change, but today, right now. Vulnerable people around the… Read More RCG3: Why Pro-lifers Should Love Pope Francis’ New Encyclical
Check out these articles on the Pope’s latest encyclical: Let’s Listen to the Pope on Climate by Josiah Neeley: “The Great Recession temporarily knocked climate change off the front pages, and it’s an issue that a lot of us would prefer not to think about. But as 2015 appears headed to shatter another temperature record,… Read More Around the Web (Laudato Si edition)
Millennial‘s Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig has a new article at TNR. She writes: Christian forgiveness is compelling in this case in part because it is so heroically difficult, but also because it so starkly negates Roof’s diabolical goals. Roof hates black people to such an extent that he desires their total destruction. One of his strategies… Read More ESB: The Roots and Purpose of Christian Forgiveness
Check out these articles on Pope Francis’ new encyclical from millennial Catholics: Peace: an unexpected reaction to ‘Laudato Si’ by Dan DiLeo: “Now, after finally reading Laudato Si, I am absolutely convinced that Francis will indeed inspire humanity to save ourselves from ourselves and avoid catastrophic climate change. And I am unexpectedly peaceful about it.”… Read More Millennial Catholics on Pope Francis’ Laudato Si (Praised Be)
