via Vatican News: The Holy Father also underscored the relationship between the Church and the world of sport, which has been cultivated with the awareness that “both, in different ways, are at the service of the integral growth of the person and can offer a valuable contribution to our society.”… “Two things are important: being… Read More Pope Francis: Sports is a Medicine for the Sadness, Isolation of Individualism

via Forbes: A statement signed by more than 100 scholars on Tuesday warns that as a result of Republican-led states proposing or implementing “radical changes” to election laws, the voting procedures in several states are being transformed into “political systems that no longer meet the minimum conditions for free and fair elections.” The statement includes… Read More Over 100 Democracy Scholars Warn: US Democracy is in Danger

via Yair Rosenberg and Unpacked’s upcoming series, ‘Antisemitism, Explained’: Why does antisemitism continue to flourish across the spectrum? The answer is simple: people only tend to police anti-Jewish bigotry when it comes from the other side, not their own…. Because the truth is: casting anti-Jewish prejudice as a specifically left-wing problem… or right-wing problem… or… Read More Why Does Antisemitism Continue to Flourish Across the Spectrum?

Millennial writers and contributors Patrick Manning, Marcus Mescher, Fr. Patrick Gilger, Andy Otto, and Anna Floerke Scheid, along with editor Robert Christian, have signed a new letter to Congress calling for pro-family, pro-worker policies with other faith leaders, including Rachel Anderson of Families Valued, Katelyn Beaty, Rev. Chris Butler, Julie Hanlon Rubio, and Melissa Wear.… Read More Faith Leaders Call on Congress to Support Pro-Family, Pro-Worker Policies

via Philip Pullella: Pope Francis launched an initiative on Tuesday to make Catholic institutions ranging from families to universities to businesses environmentally sustainable in seven years, saying a “predatory attitude” toward the planet must end. The Laudato Si Action Platform takes its name from the pope’s landmark 2015 encyclical on the need to protect the… Read More Pope Launches Laudato Si Action Platform

On May 5, 2021, Franciscan Action Network hosted the first in a series of four discussions on Fratelli Tutti, Pope Francis’ latest encyclical. The panelists, Kim Daniels ( co-director of Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life) and Heidi Schlumpf (executive editor of the National Catholic Reporter) dove deeply into the message… Read More Fratelli Tutti on Culture and Society

via Medium: Remarks as prepared for address to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences event, Dreaming of a Better Restart, in a session entitled Financial and Tax Solidarity. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on human life and our economies. It has also exacerbated global inequality, potentially… Read More Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Talks Climate, Inequality, Taxation, and Solidarity at Vatican Summit