Breaking News: Human Rights Activist Chen Guangcheng Will Join CUA’s Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies

In a big move for the Catholic University of America and the Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies (IPR), famed human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, whose dramatic escape from house arrest and persecution by Chinese authorities became a national story last year, will be joining IPR as a distinguished visiting fellow. Millennial editor Robert… Read More Breaking News: Human Rights Activist Chen Guangcheng Will Join CUA’s Institute for Policy Research & Catholic Studies

October 2, 2013September 9, 2025 Christopher Hale

15 Key Quotes from Pope Francis’ New Interview

Pope Francis has a new interview in La Repubblica. It may be even more controversial than his recent interview in Jesuit periodicals. Here are fifteen important quotes from the new interview: The most serious evils afflicting the world “The most serious of the evils that afflict the world these days are youth unemployment and the… Read More 15 Key Quotes from Pope Francis’ New Interview

October 1, 2013October 1, 2013 Sarah Christian

Catholic universities pushing hard for immigration reform

Immigration reform is heating up at Catholic colleges across the United States this fall. This comes after a summer where 100 Catholic university presidents sent a letter to Catholic Speaker of the House John Boehner urging him to pass immigration reform and where it was announced that Notre Dame and other American Catholic universities would begin… Read More Catholic universities pushing hard for immigration reform

September 30, 2013October 27, 2013 Christopher Hale

The Pope Francis Interview: Preaching the Gospel and Recovering the Consistent Life Ethic

If you haven’t yet read Robert Christian’s excellent piece in the Washington Post about Pope Francis’ interview in America Magazine, I highly recommend that you do so. It is one of the best commentaries that I have read to date on the recent interview (and I’m not just saying that because he is the editor… Read More The Pope Francis Interview: Preaching the Gospel and Recovering the Consistent Life Ethic

September 26, 2013September 26, 2013 Dan DiLeo

Meghan Clark in America Magazine: One Human Family

Millennial writer Meghan Clark has a new post at America on Pope Francis. Clark notes Pope Francis’ radical call to community, writing: This reminder that we are one human family and we are called into relationship with God and neighbor is very much needed in our time. A radical element of Catholicism, as Thomas Aquinas noted,… Read More Meghan Clark in America Magazine: One Human Family

September 25, 2013 Millennial

Pope Francis and the Post-Interview Analysis

Check out these articles analyzing Pope Francis’ recent interview with Jesuit periodicals and a couple of his recent statements over the past week: Pope Francis: “I’ve Never Been a Right-Winger” by John Gehring: “The Francis Doctrine, if you will, is about building a more joyful, merciful, collegial church that opens doors instead of building up… Read More Pope Francis and the Post-Interview Analysis

September 23, 2013 Millennial

Millennial Editor Robert Christian in the Washington Post: Can Pope Francis help end the culture wars?

Millennial editor Robert Christian has a new article in the Washington Post on Pope Francis’ recent interview. Christian argues Francis’ “commitment to all life is partly responsible for his call to rebalance church teaching, to move it away from a legalistic focus on a handful of moral teachings, including abortion, at the cost of proclaiming… Read More Millennial Editor Robert Christian in the Washington Post: Can Pope Francis help end the culture wars?

September 23, 2013 Millennial

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