via Reuters: Pope Francis hosted 1,500 homeless and needy people for lunch on Sunday as the Roman Catholic Church marked its World Day of the Poor. The menu for all in the Vatican’s large audience hall, including the pope, was lasagna, chicken in cream of mushroom sauce, potatoes, sweets, fruit, and coffee… Francis established the… Read More Pope Hosts Meal with 1,500 Needy People on World Day of the Poor
I’ll never forget standing in the rose garden at the UCA—the Jesuit university of El Salvador—and being hit with the costliness of Jesuit education. On November 16, 1989, six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper Elba, and her teenage daughter Celina, were dragged out of bed in the middle of the night, taken into the courtyard of… Read More Remembering the UCA Martyrs: The Costliness of Jesuit Education
Millennial writer Meghan Clark writes: A Mary who radically accompanies the oppressed, marginalized, and vulnerable is most clearly represented in the devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe. “Guadalupe,” as theologian Nichole Flores notes, “comforts those on the margins of society even as she equips them for action.” This tradition has also led to many contextualized… Read More Seeing Mary and Christ in Those on the Margins of Society
In the Middle East, concord and dialogue among the three monotheistic religions is based on spiritual and historic bonds. The Good News of Jesus, risen out of love, came to us from these lands. Today, many Christian communities, together with Jewish and Muslim communities, work here for peace, reconciliation, and forgiveness. Let us pray that… Read More Pope Francis’ Prayer Intentions for November 2019: For Dialogue and Reconciliation in the Middle East
Many millennials are disenchanted with the culture around alcohol in the US. But has it caused them to change their drinking habits? This episode of The Idea File from The Atlantic explores the factors that may be causing this cultural backlash and looks at the shift away from alcohol consumption taking place among Generation Z:
Check out these recent articles from around the web: How to Tax Our Way Back to Justice by Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman: “It is absurd that the working class is now paying higher tax rates than the richest people in America.” Why You Never See Your Friends Anymore by Judith Shulevitz: “Our unpredictable and… Read More Around the Web
via the Washington Post: “There’s a lot of things, policies that I disagree with, but at the end of the day, it has more to do with the divisive rhetoric and the enabling of conspiracy theories and widening the divide in this country. My wife and I stand for inclusion and acceptance, and we’ve done… Read More Why Sean Doolittle Skipped the Nationals’ White House Celebration
