Greg Erlandson writes: In Europe and the United States, anti-Semitic incidents are on the rise. Verbal and physical assaults, including murder, are increasing. Anti-Semitic incidents in France increased more than 70 percent in 2018, in Germany by 20 percent, which also saw a near doubling of violent attacks. In our own country, the massacre at… Read More Catholics Must Resist the Rising Tide of Anti-Semitism
Besides its iconic status in music and in the hearts of bar-goers, the lyrics of Beyoncé’s hit song “Love on Top” invite deeper reflection on the mechanics of sharing a spoken account of Love with another. To her listeners, Beyoncé narrates the feelings and experiences of loving and being loved through images such as the… Read More Love on Top: Beyoncé Instructs on The Mechanics of Evangelization
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Stories Survive: A Child of the Holocaust Reclaims a Resilient Heritage by Ryan Stellabotte: “A child survivor of the Holocaust was reluctant to share his family’s full story, until he saw a picture of himself as a 4-year-old boy at Auschwitz on a website denying the… Read More Around the Web
Here are some shots of the statue “Angels Unawares” that was unveiled earlier in St. Peter’s Square by Pope Francis after celebrating an outdoor Mass commemorating the 105th World Day of Migrants and Refugees. pic.twitter.com/uqGGurGuWA — Junno Arocho Esteves (@arochoju) September 29, 2019 via the NY Times: Pope Francis has always urged compassion and charity… Read More Pope Unveils New Statue in St. Peter’s Square That Honors Migrants
via Pope Francis’ Message for the 105th World Day of Migrants and Refugees: The most economically advanced societies are witnessing a growing trend towards extreme individualism which, combined with a utilitarian mentality and reinforced by the media, is producing a “globalization of indifference”. In this scenario, migrants, refugees, displaced persons and victims of trafficking have… Read More Pope Francis: Welcome, Protect, Promote, and Integrate Migrants
via Catholic News Service: The Society of Jesus has urged Latin American countries — working “through international diplomacy” — to “take all the necessary measures to rescue democracy in Nicaragua and hold the current regime responsible for the crimes it has committed.” In a lengthy statement, “Crimes that demand justice: an urgent call to the… Read More Jesuits Call for Action in Nicaragua
It’s time we started talking about our young men, about why they become mass shooters, serial bombers, and homegrown terrorists. If any other demographic had demonstrated such a dangerous capacity for violence, we certainly would have probed deeper by now. 98% of mass shooters are men—and most are disaffected young men, whether American, Syrian, French,… Read More Why Young Men Kill
