At NCR, Millennial editor Robert Christian writes: This is a dark hour. We cannot escape a pandemic that has killed hundreds of thousands of Americans. The gravest threat to the American republic since the Civil War — vividly displayed in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol — has not been fully vanquished. Extreme… Read More Vulnerability as the Basis for Solidarity

At Commonweal, Anthony Annett has written one of the most important articles on economics and Catholic social teaching in recent years. Here are some key points: Technological changes have benefited high-skilled workers and the owners of capital; globalization has allowed corporations to set up camp in countries with the lowest taxes and the fewest regulations… Read More What is Neoliberalism? Does it Align with Catholic Social Teaching?

During a pandemic that has taken over 5 million lives around the world, there has been no shortage of grief. But much of it remains hidden to the outside world, particularly after the initial period of loss, when some level of stigma seems to still exist about openly expressing such feelings. This, in turn, can… Read More Millennial of the Year 2021: Andrew Kaczynski

via Instagram: May this be the day We come together. Mourning, we come to mend, Withered, we come to weather, Torn, we come to tend, Battered, we come to better. Tethered by this year of yearning, We are learning That though we weren’t ready for this, We have been readied by it. We steadily vow… Read More Amanda Gorman Releases Her Latest Poem, “New Day’s Lyric”

via NOLA.com: Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards on Wednesday formally pardoned Homer Plessy, the long-dead civil rights pioneer whose stand against racial segregation led to an infamous U.S. Supreme Court case. Edwards issued the pardon on the grounds of what is now the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, where Plessy bought a ticket for… Read More Governor John Bel Edwards Pardons Homer Plessy

via the Vatican: We too have experienced uncertainty, loneliness, the loss of loved ones; we too have been forced to leave behind our certainties, our “comfort zones”, our familiar ways of doing things and our ambitions, and to work for the welfare of our families and that of society as a whole, which also depends… Read More Pope Francis’ Message to Married Couples

via the Vatican: The humble allow themselves to be challenged. They are open to what is new, since they feel secure in what has gone before them, firm in their roots and their sense of belonging. Their present is grounded in a past that opens them up to a hope-filled future. Unlike the proud, they… Read More Pope Francis on Humility