Millennial editor Robert Christian writes: For those who have been willing and able to choose forgiveness, we know how freeing and radically transformative it can be. And that should tell us something. But it isn’t just for our own benefit — and it shouldn’t only be motivated by that. Forgiveness cannot simply be about self-interest.… Read More Forgiveness is Not a Self-Care Hack

Here are some highlights of Pope Francis’ message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation: “Let Justice and Peace Flow” is the theme of this year’s ecumenical Season of Creation, inspired by the words of the prophet Amos: “Let justice flow on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream” (5:24).… Read More Pope Francis: Let’s Put an End to the Senseless War against Creation

Listen to Millennial writer Mike Jordan Laskey interview millennial Catholic Ellen Koneck on young people and the Church: AMDG: A Jesuit Podcast · How Young Adults’ Faith is Defying Classic Categories with Ellen Koneck via AMDG: A Jesuit Podcast: There are so many theories about why young adults are leaving the Catholic Church today. Maybe… Read More Young People and the Catholic Church

via CNS: Starting a family and having children has become a kind of herculean task when instead it should be valued and supported by everyone, Pope Francis said at a meeting in Rome on Italy’s severe decline in population growth. Today’s culture “is unfriendly, if not hostile, to the family, centered as it is on… Read More Pope Francis: Starting a Family Should Not Be a ‘Titanic Effort’

via Fordham’s Center on Religion and Culture:  What is the “Way Forward” for the Catholic Church in the United States? Learn about this key initiative bringing together bishops and theologians and other lay leaders for honest conversations about how to follow the path set out by the Second Vatican Council and Pope Francis.

Harrison Smith writes: Amitai Etzioni, an American Israeli sociologist who served as a senior policy adviser to the Carter White House, taught at George Washington University and championed the virtues of bedrock institutions — family, school, local government — while promoting the philosophy known as communitarianism, died May 31 at his home in Washington. He… Read More Amitai Etzioni, Key Communitarian Thinker and Advocate (1929-2023)

via the AND Campaign: We, the AND Campaign, are pro-woman and pro-child. Our Christian conviction calls us to raise our voices on behalf of both. The issue of abortion often revolves around a false choice that harms everyone involved. Watch this video to be better informed and move with both compassion and conviction on this… Read More The Whole Life Project