Malala Yousafzai is our first annual Millennial of the Year. Just 16 years old, she has already made outstanding contributions to the common good. From refusing to surrender her own right to education in the face of intimidation and violence to becoming a champion for the education rights of all children, Malala has become a… Read More Millennial of the Year 2013: Malala
[This article by Alejandro Olayo-Méndez, SJ is also featured on The Jesuit Post] What did you notice today? Back when I was teaching high school, it’s that question that I used to pose, over and over again, to my sophomore students. What did you notice today? Sometimes they were annoyed by the question, sometimes inspired by… Read More Migration Is Not the Problem
Controversies concerning Catholicism and healthcare have been front page staples over the last few years. Currently, it is the ACLU is suing the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on behalf of Tamesha Means, who suffered from an acute infection and tragically lost her baby. The lawsuit claims that Ms. Means was denied adequate medical… Read More In Defense of the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Healthcare
Conditions in Syria remain heartbreaking for anyone with a modicum of human sympathy, and the future looks dark, perhaps as dark as it has since Bashar Assad started murdering peaceful protesters. Over 7 million people have been displaced and perhaps 150,000 have been killed, according to National Security Advisor Susan Rice. Assad’s forces have been… Read More Syrian Refugees and the Costs of Non-Intervention
Everywhere you look people are preparing for Christmas. For the more than 2 billion Christians around the world, we are preparing for the birth of a child. Christmas then is the perfect occasion to draw our attention to a massive human rights issue: birth registration. According to UNICEF, only 1 in 3 children under 5 have… Read More A Birth Certificate is a Human Right
Pope Francis’ recently released apostolic exhortation Evangelli Gaudium is an extraordinary document that is filled with wisdom. There are countless insights, some of which are contained in a single sentence, that are worthy of deep and serious reflection. This is true of his treatment of abortion, which is brief but nevertheless important. Pope Francis’ approach… Read More Pro-life Progressives Have an Ally in ‘Person of the Year’ Pope Francis
President Obama spoke at length about the economy last Wednesday, focusing in particular on the disturbing economic inequality that exists today in the United States. He described: “a dangerous and growing inequality and lack of upward mobility that has jeopardized middle-class America’s basic bargain that if you work hard, you have a chance to get… Read More The Pope and the President Tackle Inequality and How We Should Respond
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