via the Vatican: No matter how ancient or widespread, Cain’s violence cannot be tolerated as “normal.” On the contrary, the norm is revealed in God’s question to the guilty party: “Where is your brother?” (Gen 4:9). It is in this question that we find our vocation, the rule and measure of justice…. Brother, sister, where… Read More Fraternity Means Rediscovering the Face of the Other
Watch Millennial writer Nichole Flores and other Catholic leaders in the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life’s “Deportations and Assaults on Human Dignity: A Special Initiative Roundtable on Catholic Principles, Human Costs, and Pastoral Challenges”:
via X: The “globalization of indifference” Pope Francis warned about now seems to have become a globalization of powerlessness. Faced with injustice and innocent suffering, we are more aware — but risk doing nothing, overcome with a feeling of helplessness. Yet history is saved by the humble, the just, and martyrs, in whom goodness shines and… Read More Pope Leo Warns of ‘Globalization of Powerlessness’
Christopher Lamb writes: An Italian teenager who liked playing video games and making funny films of his pets became the Catholic Church’s first “millennial” saint on Sunday. Carlo Acutis, who was just 15 when he died from leukaemia in 2006, used his computing skills to spread awareness of the Catholic faith, setting up a website… Read More The First Millennial Saint: Saint Carlo Acutis
Former Millennial of the Year Michael Wear:
In a recent speech, Pope Leo pointed to the widespread mistaken understanding of human flourishing that is causing so much misery: Today, a flourishing life is often confused with a materially wealthy life or a life of unrestricted individual autonomy and pleasure. The so-called ideal future presented to us is often one of technological convenience… Read More Our Obsession with Limitless Autonomy is Making Us Miserable
Highlights of Dignitas Infinita, a 2024 declaration on Catholic doctrine by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith: Every human person possesses an infinite dignity, inalienably grounded in his or her very being, which prevails in and beyond every circumstance, state, or situation the person may ever encounter. This principle, which is fully recognizable… Read More Key Quotes from Dignitas Infinita
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