“We shall awaken dullness and rise vigorously toward Justice” – Hildegard of Bingen Hunger is a human reality that impacts lives in every corner of the world. All humans need food to live, and all societies struggle to make sure that the right to food is extended to all people within their care. One of… Read More The Moral Scandal of Hunger
American soccer fans couldn’t help but cringe when the US Men’s National Soccer Team was defeated by Belgium last week and was sent back home from Brazil. A part of me was secretly hoping that this would be a historic World Cup in which the US would go farther than it ever had before in… Read More “Let the Children Come to Me” vs. Nativism
Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale has co-written a new article in Time. They write: A person’s access to quality healthcare shouldn’t depend on who their boss is. And an employer shouldn’t be heavily fined if they don’t compromise their religious convictions in providing healthcare for their staff. President Obama’s Affordable Care Act is a monumental first… Read More After Hobby Lobby: A Single-Payer Health Care Solution?
Those who dismiss Pope Francis’ concerns about unfettered capitalism on the grounds that being from Argentina makes him naive need to brush up on their history. Paul Ryan has dismissed them on the grounds that “this guy is from Argentina, they haven’t had real capitalism in Argentina…they have crony capitalism in Argentina. They don’t have… Read More Pope Francis and a Closer Look at Argentinian Capitalism
This post by Eric Immel, SJ is also featured on The Jesuit Post. A man pulls down his pants and takes a leak on the beach near Fullerton and Lake Shore Drive in Chicago. He has streaks of pink running through his matted dark hair, black tattoos twisting around his arms, and a midriff-baring New… Read More Silent in the City: A Retreat in the Midst of Chaos
The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life recently held its first Salt and Light Gathering to bring together (relatively) young Catholics across the partisan and ideological spectrum who are working in government or on public policy in some other capacity. The event featured former presidential speechwriters Jon Favreau and Michael Gerson. Millennial editor… Read More Young Catholic Leaders as Salt and Light: An Interview with John Carr
President Obama–lambasting the Tea Party intransigence on immigration reform–announced today a new effort to fix the immigration system using his executive powers. Here’s the latest from CNN: According to the official, Obama will order a shift in security resources to border regions and call for additional action he can take “without Congress but within his… Read More President to use executive power on immigration reform
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