Harrison Smith writes: Amitai Etzioni, an American Israeli sociologist who served as a senior policy adviser to the Carter White House, taught at George Washington University and championed the virtues of bedrock institutions — family, school, local government — while promoting the philosophy known as communitarianism, died May 31 at his home in Washington. He… Read More Amitai Etzioni, Key Communitarian Thinker and Advocate (1929-2023)

via the AND Campaign: We, the AND Campaign, are pro-woman and pro-child. Our Christian conviction calls us to raise our voices on behalf of both. The issue of abortion often revolves around a false choice that harms everyone involved. Watch this video to be better informed and move with both compassion and conviction on this… Read More The Whole Life Project

MSW writes: There is no clearer contrast between a morally depraved governor and a morally serious one than a comparison of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, both of whom are Catholic. DeSantis is a Republican and Edwards is a Democrat…. Edwards, who signed a six-week abortion ban last year,  used… Read More The Most Whole Life Politician in America

Millennial editor Robert Christian writes: If we thought the pandemic might transform American life by giving us a new appreciation for quiet evening strolls or less-booked schedules, our collective return to normal has perhaps put an end to such hopes. In high schools across the United States, kids are back to packing their resumes, desperate… Read More Rethinking Notions of Success and Merit

via Catholic Women Preach: Preaching for Easter Sunday, Nichole M. Flores offers a reflection on witnessing and testifying as Easter practice: “As we enter into this season of rejoicing, how can we create space for the practices of witnessing and testifying in our daily lives? How might these practices help us to attend to our… Read More Witnessing and Testifying as Easter People

In an interview with the Washington Post, Monsignor John Enzler, the CEO of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington for the last 12 years, says: At Catholic Charities, we have taken a different tact in the last six or seven years, which is: We want to not just feed people but to find a… Read More Beyond a Band-Aid Approach to Poverty

via NCR: San Diego Cardinal Robert McElroy sharply criticized the Eternal Word Television Network, the conservative Catholic U.S. media conglomerate, in an interview with Spanish magazine Vida Nueva published on March 24. Vida Nueva asked McElroy about the decision of newly installed Bishop Fernando Prado of San Sebastián, Spain, to ban diocesan television from carrying… Read More Cardinal McElroy: Diocese Won’t Publish EWTN Content