Last week, the National Catholic Reporter ran a story about the upcoming elections for the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. The author of the story paints a picture of the elections as presenting a choice between “Francis bishops” and bishops who might be seen as being more at odds with the pastoral inclinations and priorities… Read More Confusion Within the Church: Satan’s Work or God’s?
When the body of three-year-old Alan Kurdi washed ashore near a Turkish resort, the world was horrified. The image sparked a debate worldwide about countries’ immigration policies and led to a swelling demand to accept Syrian refugees fleeing the Syrian Civil War. The sentiment is clear: Alan should have been allowed to go somewhere safe,… Read More In Defense of the Human Rights of Emigration and Asylum
In the past few years, there have been a number of high-profile conflicts and debates surrounding religious freedom in the US. Specifically, Americans have debated the proper scope of what that freedom entails and whether or not our government has been trampling upon that right. Catholics have often been at the center of these debates.… Read More You Can’t Defend Religious Freedom and Ignore Injustice toward Muslims
In his historic speech to a joint session of the US Congress, Pope Francis said that the Golden Rule “reminds us of our responsibility to protect and defend human life at every stage of its development.” This statement was clearly meant to include the lives of unborn children yet a number of conservatives in the… Read More The Whole Life Pope: Francis Has the Right Approach to Abortion
After Mass last Sunday, I saw a young man praying on his knees with his hands clasped tightly and his eyes closed. Even the presence of a typically loud toddler did nothing to break his intense focus. There is an otherworldliness to this type of prayer. And it is not uncommon. I’ve seen it at… Read More A Church for the Broken
Yahia Lababidi is a widely published poet and author. He has granted Millennial permission to publish a set of his aphorisms. We hope our readers find wisdom in these pithy thoughts: Every enmity with another is part of our unfinished work on ourselves; a free person has no enemies. There’s freedom in not needing to… Read More 12 Pearls of Wisdom
Civil war has ravaged Syria for more than 4 years. In that time, almost a quarter million people have been killed (in documented deaths alone), at least 7.6 million civilians have been displaced from their homes and remain in Syria, and nearly 4 million refugees have left their country in search of peace and security.… Read More Alan Kurdi, Martyr
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