Christine Emba writes: Analyzing 2017 data from the American Time Use Survey, economist Michelle Freeman of the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that while millennials are more highly educated and spend more time working than their older counterparts, they have stepped back dramatically from religious activities. At the Pew Research Center, studies tracking America’s religious… Read More Why It Matters That Millennials Are Increasingly Walking Away From Religion and Not Returning

Mike Jordan Laskey writes: My first rule is to curate the feed carefully. There are really fantastic, informative Catholic Twitter accounts out there. They are nourishment for my faith. I find them and follow them. I do not follow others. The main downside of careful curation is that it’s easy to turn my feed into… Read More 6 Rules for Surviving Catholic Twitter Without Losing Your Soul

via the Vatican: A fire does not burn by itself; it has to be fed or else it dies; it turns into ashes. If everything continues as it was, if we spend our days content that “this is the way things have always been done”, then the gift vanishes, smothered by the ashes of fear… Read More Pope Francis: Jesus Came to Light a Fire on the Earth

This video, produced by the Duquesne University Center for Catholic Faith and Culture as part of the Catholicism and the Common Good project, offers an excellent overview of the concept of human dignity. Check it out:

John Gehring writes: The pope’s meeting with Father Martin did more than serve as a signal of support for the priest’s advocacy on behalf of L.G.B.T. people. It was also emblematic of the Francis papacy, which has been a consistent rebuke to a style of culture-war Christianity that since the ascendance of the religious right… Read More Pope Francis’ Fearless Leadership