What a wonderful reaction we are seeing from people of all faiths to the announcement that Pope Francis has been named Time’s Person of the Year. Of course the pope’s real accomplishment is not an award, but the lives he has transformed by being the ‘People’s Pope’ and God’s humble servant. Hopefully this attention will… Read More Pope Francis is the Person of the Year
Today Pope Francis launched a wave of prayer, as part of a global campaign against hunger. He is calling us to prayer and action on behalf of “the God-given right of everyone to have access to adequate food.” From CRS: At noon local time, a global wave of prayer will begin on the island of… Read More Time to Shake the World and End Hunger
Check out this great insight and advice from Fr. James Martin, SJ: St. Ignatius Loyola often used to talk about “disordered attachments,” those things we are so attached to that they keep us from God. It could be a desire for popularity or a love of money or an obsession with perfect health. Or maybe… Read More Fr. James Martin on “Disordered Attachments”
Since 1927, Time Magazine has been selecting a person of the year. They choose someone they believe has had the most influence on world events that year. Previous winners include Pope John XXIII, John F. Kennedy, and Martin Luther King. Their selection matters because it communicates to the American people what and who we value… Read More Pope Francis for Time Person of the Year
I had to reset the password on my old Yahoo account to access it. Once I was in, I did a quick search and found his name: Loren Baker. There it was, my last message from him. In the note, he thanks me for a postcard from Philadelphia and remarks, “It reminds me of our… Read More In Thanksgiving, In Memoriam
If you want to get excited about the future of the Church, I recommend attending the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice next year, the annual event organized by the Ignatian Solidarity Network. This year’s event featured an array of interesting organizations, speakers, and break-out sessions. What impressed me most, however, was the remarkable group of… Read More A Hopeful Future Seen at the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice 2013
Millennial writer Meghan Clark has a new post at America on Evangelii Gaudium. She writes: “The dignity of the human person and the common good rank higher than the comfort of those who refuse to renounce their privileges” (218). In a simple sentence, Pope Francis summarizes the bedrock of Catholic social doctrine: human dignity, the… Read More Meghan Clark on ‘The Dignity of the Vulnerable’
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