Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale has a new article in Time. He writes: Stunning news came from Rome today where the bishops gathered for Pope Francis’s Synod on the Family issued a report suggesting that the Church should create a more inclusive space for gay Catholics to participate in the life of the Church…. The bishops… Read More Synod on the Family: Leading with Mercy
Millennial writer Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig has a new article at Ethika Politika. She writes: It is tempting, as Christ indicates, to drop off into torpor and give up on matters that seem beyond one’s control. I don’t doubt that people in the position of considering suicide feel this exact same way, but I do believe… Read More ESB: Suffering and Suffering-With
Millennial‘s 2013 ‘Millennial of the Year‘ Malala Yousafzai has received the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize (a slightly more prestigious honor), along with Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian children’s rights activist. The two won “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.” Earlier this year, we… Read More Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi Share the Nobel Peace Prize
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
