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Redefining What It Means to be a Role Model
Every few months a celebrity makes a mistake that ends up making headlines, and many parents cry foul: “What? That was my child’s role model!” There are two things very wrong with this reaction. First, it treats celebrities as superhuman figures who should be above making mistakes. Second, why should a celebrity automatically be treated… Read More Redefining What It Means to be a Role Model
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
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
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
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
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
