Pope Francis is calling for Catholics worldwide to join Caritas’ Food for All campaign, especially during their ‘Week of Action’ (October 12-19). The Pope said, “The words of Our Lord (“I was hungry and you gave me something to eat.”) call to us today, telling us not to turn away, indifferent, when we know our… Read More Pope Francis: Raise a Voice for the Hungry
Millennial writer Daniel DiLeo has a couple of new posts for ACCU Peace and Justice. He writes: Evans goes on to explicate how Catholics—individually and collectively—have a moral imperative rooted in CST to exercise greater care for God’s good gift of creation. In particular, Evans asserts that Catholic colleges and universities have an ethical responsibility… Read More A Vision of Justice in Catholic Higher Education
We are living in the middle of the Second Gilded Age. The American political system needs major reform to cope with the malign impact of elite economic interests on both electoral outcomes and the policies that our elected officials enact (or fail to enact). We need another Progressive Movement that cuts across partisan lines to… Read More Money & Politics: The System is Broken
The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life of Georgetown University had its second event for young Catholic professionals, Resisting the Throwaway Culture: Pope Francis’ Message on Human Life and Dignity. This Salt and Light Gathering featured the anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean, C.S.J. (who was famously played by Susan Sarandon in Dead… Read More Resisting the Throwaway Culture: Pope Francis’ Message on Human Life and Dignity
Millennial editor Robert Christian has a new article in Time Magazine. He writes: Bishop Cupich has been labeled a moderate by some who are analyzing the appointment through the prism of American politics. In some sense this is true. He is committed to finding common ground and engaging in civil dialogue. He rejects the confrontational… Read More The New Archbishop of Chicago Is a Radical—And That’s a Good Thing
In Evangelli Gaudium and his other remarks on abortion, Pope Francis has embraced a whole life approach to the issue, linking it to other threats to human life and dignity. He sees it as a social justice issue that is deeply and gravely important, but not one that should drown out every other issue. Even… Read More Nothing New About Pope Francis’ Whole Life Approach
Cardinal Peter Turkson recently spoke at the “Giving Europe a Soul – European Unification in reconciled Diversity – Foundation of a social ethical network for Eastern and Central Europe” conference. His address included some great insights that are relevant to those in Europe and around the globe. He noted the need for our societies to… Read More Cardinal Turkson: Fraternity is Our True Vocation
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