Paul Ryan’s latest makeover is designed to fix his plutocratic image and rehabilitate his future political prospects. It is designed to counter claims that Republicans are indifferent to poverty and revive the image of Paul Ryan as a “serious thinker” who cares about policy, an image that was shattered in the 2012 campaign when many… Read More Paul Ryan is Still Paul Ryan
Millennial writer Billy Kangas has a new article in Relevant, where he discusses the “the baptism of pop-culture for the sake of outreach and evangelism”: When the Church employs superficial symbols to communicate the Gospel, the Gospel can only take hold of people on a superficial level. Jesus is actually seen as a clingy friend in the image who texts… Read More Billy Kangas in Relevant: The Problem with a Pop-Culture Christ
Morning Prayer at Bread for the World on Friday was about connecting to the heart of Lent. I often find it useful to remind myself of why the Church began to practice Lent each time the season gets underway. It’s NOT about losing a few pounds, or a time to kill bad habits, or even helping us… Read More Lent is not a self-help program
Certain conservative and Republican activists have frequently used the tactic of dividing Catholic social teaching into two separate categories, with one set (those that align with their ideological or partisan preferences) framed as the more important or ‘non-negotiable’ set of positions. This approach is intellectually, morally, and theologically indefensible. Our faith should inform the way… Read More Pope Francis: There Is No Special Set of “Non-Negotiable” Values
Our friends at The Jesuit Post have a new book out, which is now available on Kindle and in paperback. Yesterday they released an excerpt by Editor-in-chief Eric Sundrup, SJ, “Come at Me, Bro! (Why I Love the Crazies).” He writes: It’s often tempting to think that the crazies are funny because we aren’t like… Read More Sneak Peek: The Jesuit Post’s New Book
I see the world through “bread–colored” lenses. By this I mean that when I approach issues of politics, economics, the environment, immigration, worship, trade, agriculture, and just about everything else in this world, there is a question in the back of my mind: the way these issues impact how people will be able to eat.… Read More Seeing the World Through “Bread–colored” Lenses: How Policies Affect Hunger
Exciting and somewhat surprising news came from Rome this morning. It was announced by the Vatican Press Office that Pope Francis–who is on retreat with his collaborators in the Roma Curia–will be visiting South Korea from August 14-18 this year to take part in an Asian youth gathering. The pope just gave the red hat… Read More Pope Francis to visit South Korea in August
