Millennial values are neither as virtuous as their staunchest defenders claim nor as problematic as their fiercest critics find them. Like all previous generations, our generation’s commitment to the common good is neither non-existent nor complete. However, on matters of economic justice, specifically those regarding the plight of the poor, there are some promising signs.… Read More Positive Signs among Millennials on Economic Justice
Check out the video below on Kwibuka20. Here is some background information on it: Kwibuka means ‘remember’ in Kinyarwanda, Rwanda’s language. It describes the annual commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. More than one million Rwandans died in the hundred days of the genocide. It was one of human history’s darkest times. Twenty… Read More Rwanda: Remembering the past, embracing the future
Former Washington Post reporter Keith Richburg looks back on the Rwandan genocide, which started 20 years ago today, and at our willingness to put our heads in the sand:
Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory will sell the $2.2 million residence that he moved into just months ago, following criticisms that his accommodations were too lavish. Archbishop Gregory told the AP, “I have decided to sell the Habersham property and invest the proceeds from that sale into the needs of the Catholic community.” This decision comes… Read More Archbishop Wilton Gregory to Sell $2.2 Million Residence
Millennial co-founder and contributing editor Christopher Hale has a new article in Time on yesterday’s #BorderMass. He writes: During Holy Communion, O’Malley, his brother bishops and priests reached across the border fence to distribute hosts to Mexicans on the other side. The message communicated here was unmistakable. The Eucharist is the source and summit of… Read More Christopher Hale in Time: Cardinals Prove Borders Cannot Block the Love of Jesus Christ
The full text (via the Archdiocese of Boston) of Cardinal Sean O’Malley’s homily at the #BorderMass for immigrants and immigration reform earlier today is below. Cardinal O’Malley and his brother bishops are right: our current immigration system is a moral calamity that denies aspiring Americans their rights and dignity as children of God. Scripture tells… Read More Cardinal Sean O’Malley on Our Broken Immigration System
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Special Envoy Angelina Jolie recently visited Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, to meet 11 year old Hala and her five siblings who arrived as orphans from Syria’s war: In June of last year, she spoke with other refugees from Syria. One refugee asked, “Why is no one standing by the Syrian… Read More Angelina Jolie Meets Syria’s Lost Children
