Over the last month, as talk has returned to budgets and sequesters, deficits and debt, I found myself extremely frustrated every time I began to blog on economic justice – haven’t I already written extensively on the Ryan budget? (and the conversation hasn’t changed). It feels as if we are stuck in the movie Groundhog… Read More An Option that’s not Optional: The Preferential Option for the Poor
On Thursday, for the first time since his election, Pope Francis addressed the sexual abuse crisis: Vatican City, 5 April 2013 (VIS) – This morning the Holy Father received in audience Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. A communique released by that dicastery reads that, during the… Read More Pope Francis Begins to Address the Sexual Abuse Crisis
Today’s gospel reading is about Thomas the Apostle. This is one of my favorite homilies, in which the late Father Jim Mifsud reminds us that St. Thomas was willing to die for Christ and that he did not really doubt Jesus but the other apostles who were “scared in their pants.” His commitment to Christ… Read More Telling the Phrase ‘Doubting Thomas’ to Go To Hell
Last year Father James Martin, SJ put forward the argument that gun control is a religious issue and “as much of a ‘life issue’ or a ‘pro-life issue,’ as some religious people say, as is abortion, euthanasia or the death penalty (all of which I am against), and programs that provide the poor with the… Read More US Bishops: Gun Control is a Pro-Life Issue, Now is the Time to Act
Baseball season has started here in the United States, but it appears the game’s best hitter might be living in Rome, because Pope Francis has hit another home run. In today’s general audience, Francis said that women–who were the first witnesses to Christ’s resurrection from the dead–are crucial to the faith. Francis acknowledged that women… Read More Pope Francis: Women Are Crucial to the Catholic Church
No unisex names. No weird names. Just a normal girl’s name. This was the criteria I put forward when my wife and I first discussed selecting our daughter’s name. I wanted everyone to see my daughter’s name on paper and know that she was a girl. This might date back to my days as a… Read More What’s in a Name?
The power of ‘thanks’ by Chuck Leddy (Harvard Gazette) Chuck Leddy notes the findings of a book by Harvard Business School associate professor Francesca Gino, Sidetracked: Why Our Decisions Get Derailed, and How We Can Stick to the Plan, which (among other subjects) tackles gratitude and its motivating effect on others. Based off of several… Read More Weekly Rewind
