Bishop Blaire: Adequate and nutritious food is a fundamental human right

Bishop Stephen Blaire, the Chairman of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, has put out an outstanding letter today to the US House of Representatives, arguing against cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). I can’t make his arguments sound any more compelling, so check out the full letter below. Dear Representative:… Read More Bishop Blaire: Adequate and nutritious food is a fundamental human right

September 11, 2013 Sarah Christian

Christopher Hale in the Washington Post: Peace in Syria Gets a Chance

Millennial writer and co-founder Christopher Hale has a new article in the Washington Post today. He argues: “Throughout world history, there has been examples of religious prophets using creative, non-violent tactics to overcome injustice and evil. Within the past century, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and John Paul II have shown us that good… Read More Christopher Hale in the Washington Post: Peace in Syria Gets a Chance

September 11, 2013 Millennial

Pray by doing

I’m taking a course this fall which marks my first return to the classroom in several years. During the shopping period, the week when professors give an overview of their courses before you have to register, this professor spent the 40 minutes explaining to us why, if we were crazy enough to sign up for… Read More Pray by doing

September 9, 2013October 27, 2013 Brian Keaney

Pope Francis telephones depressed pregnant single woman, offers to baptize child

Are you getting a call on your landline? You might want it to pick up, because it might be Pope Francis. Francis struck again this week, when he telephoned a pregnant single woman who had just been betrayed by her partner, who revealed he was married, and told that he would not support her child.… Read More Pope Francis telephones depressed pregnant single woman, offers to baptize child

September 6, 2013October 27, 2013 Christopher Hale

Malnutrition adds to Syrian suffering thanks to Assad

CNN has a video highlighting one of the many ways that Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad kills civilians (in addition to bombing breadlines, chemical weapons, incendiary bombs, snipers, etc.):

September 6, 2013October 27, 2013 Robert Christian

One Year In: Passing on the Splendid Torch

When Robert Christian and I started Millennial a year ago, we began a journey into the wilderness. We didn’t know where we would find the money to fund this. We didn’t know where we would find the time to write and recruit other writers, especially with Robert’s first born child, Avery, on the way. We… Read More One Year In: Passing on the Splendid Torch

September 5, 2013October 27, 2013 Christopher Hale

A Christian Prophet

Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale has a new article in America on the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., which argues: It is important that as we commemorate Reverend King, we remember the man he truly was: a Christian prophet for justice and a man deeply formed by a religious experience of God and of Jesus Christ. Doing… Read More A Christian Prophet

September 5, 2013October 27, 2013 Millennial

Millennial

Catholicism, Communion, and the Common Good in the Third Millennium

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