A few months ago, I wrote an article imploring Pope Francis to finish Benedict XVI’s encyclical on faith. My rationale? The theological virtues exegesis that began with Benedict XVI’s encyclicals on hope (Spe Salvi) and charity (Deus Caritas Est) was incomplete without a corresponding papal discussion of faith. It was the appropriate hour, during the… Read More Ghostwriting the Faith: Reflections on Pope Francis’ Lumen Fidei
Millennial writer Meghan Clark has a new article on The Lancet Global Health Blog. The article, Knowledge is power: the ethical ambiguity of evidence-based medicine in global health, explores important questions in global health. Clark argues: Neonatal mortality is a global health crisis. The effectiveness of our efforts to combat this crisis will depend upon… Read More Meghan Clark in The Lancet
Today is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which you can read all about here. To celebrate our awesome mother, I’m going to take a close look at today’s Gospel reading, which includes the Magnificat – my favorite Scripture passage. Some context: In Luke’s gospel, after Gabriel appears to Mary and tells… Read More Happy Feast of the Assumption: Close-Reading the Magnificat
Jean Bethke Elshtain, a brilliant scholar and thinker, died on Sunday. RR Reno has provided some initial thoughts in First Things: Jean was one of the indispensable voices of cultural and political sanity in the post-sixties. She cared deeply about the common good, and she recognized that faith, family, and patriotic solidarity ennobled the lives… Read More Jean Bethke Elshtain, 1941-2013
In the latest instance of reaching out to everyday people during his papacy, Pope Francis personally responded to a letter he received from a grieving man (whose brother had been gunned down and killed) by picking up the phone and calling him. The Telegraph has the story: Michele Ferri wrote a letter to the Pope… Read More Another Thoughtful Gesture from Pope Francis
As Millennial’s previous piece on the subject noted, pornography is pervasive in our society, particularly among teenage boys and young men. In addressing this, the focus is often on convincing these young people to embrace the virtue of temperance. Those trying to break away from pornography struggle to live a life of greater purity and… Read More Pornography is about more than personal purity
Today we celebrate the Feast of the Transfiguration. Peter, John, and James go with Jesus up a mountain to pray. As they pray, “Jesus’ face changed in appearance.” His clothes become “dazzling white” and he stands radiant in all “his glory.” What strikes me more than Jesus’ change, however, is the apostles’ own transfiguration. They… Read More The Transfiguration and Seeing the World through the Eyes of Wonder
