Life is our most fundamental right. I believe each person is entitled to their own life, each government is bound to protect the lives of those within their borders, no person has the right to take the life of another, and every life is a sacred gift no matter how long that life is. This… Read More Why Ending Hunger is a Pro-life Issue
I am sitting on my bed, lacing up my shoes, and assuring myself that if the nuns reject me based on my footwear, I don’t want anything to do with them anyway. I have sifted through my closet and have decided to wear dark jeans and a black sweater with a white collar sewn into… Read More Mercy in the City: Making Mercy a Verb
via the USCCB: A convert to Catholicism dedicated to “serving the immigrant and the stranger” is the recipient of the 2014 Cardinal Bernardin New Leadership Award. Bethany Welch, Ph.D., is being recognized for her commitment and work to empower immigrants and the poor as founding director of the Aquinas Center, a center of community development… Read More Millennial’s Bethany Welch is Recipient of 2014 Cardinal Bernardin New Leadership Award
Via USA Today: Israeli and Palestinian leaders accepted an invitation to the Vatican next month from Pope Francis, who urged the two sides to make sacrifices to achieve peace Sunday during his first visit as pontiff to the Middle East. Pope Francis spoke about the necessity of building peace: “Building peace is difficult, but living… Read More Breaking News: Israeli, Palestinian leaders to visit Vatican to Restart Peace Talks
We often associate courage with fearlessness in the face of danger. In our society, fortitude has been disconnected from the other virtues that define its true meaning. But courage is not about being reckless. It is not about courting danger for an adrenalin rush. Courage may involve great acts of heroism that involve danger and… Read More Courage and Hidden, Everyday Saints
Earlier this month, editor Robert Christian wrote about Moral Dilemmas of Partisanship: Ethical Obligations and Limitations for Political Partisans, an event by the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought in Public Life. He wrote, “One theme ran through the entire evening’s discussions: the role of money in fueling conformity to the interests and desires of the… Read More Moral Dilemmas of Partisanship: Ethical Obligations and Limitations for Political Partisans
In light of Boko Haram’s recent attacks and kidnappings in Nigeria and the rise of the #BringBackOurGirls campaign, we turned to Fr. Aniedi Okure, the Executive Director of Africa Faith & Justice Network and a Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies, to discuss Boko Haram, its origins, and the situation in… Read More Interview with Fr. Aniedi Okure on Boko Haram
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