via La Stampa: Let’s ideally cross the ocean and think of South America. Why did you convene a Synod on the Amazon in the Vatican in October? “It is the “child” of the “Laudato si”. Those who have not read it will never understand the Synod on the Amazon. Laudato si’ is not a green… Read More Pope Francis on the Amazon Synod and Laudato Si
Stephen Colbert discusses suffering, loss, empathy, gratitude, Christianity, and more with Anderson Cooper: You said “what punishment of gods are not gifts. Do you really believe that?” @andersoncooper, choking back tears, asks Stephen Colbert, as they discuss grief. “Yes,” replies the comedian. “It’s a gift to exist and with existence comes suffering. There’s no escaping… Read More Stephen Colbert on Suffering: God Does It Too, We’re Really Not Alone
Millennial editor Robert Christian writes: On the Motherly podcast, actress Caterina Scorsone of Grey’s Anatomy describes how she came to realize that she was loving everyone, including herself, for “absolutely the wrong reason.” “I was loving people for their external qualities and not for their essence,” she said. She had believed that she loved her… Read More How Having a Child with Down Syndrome Transformed Caterina Scorsone’s Understanding of Love
Pope Francis: “Prayer frees us from the burden of worldliness, and teaches us to live joyfully, to distance ourselves from what is superficial, in an exercise of true freedom. Prayer draws us out of our self-centredness, from being reclusive in an empty religious experience; it leads us to place ourselves, with docility, in the hands… Read More Quote of the Day
Mere moments on Twitter are enough to alert us that our culture is plagued with demons. We live in a culture that responds to polarized politics and social values with contempt and hateful accusations that serve only to drive us further from one another, rather than seeking common ground. Even voices claiming to speak for… Read More Mercy for the Outcast: The Story God Wants Told
via La Stampa: Your Holiness, you hope that “Europe might once again be the dream of the Founding Fathers.” What are your expectations? “Europe cannot and must not break apart. It is a historical, cultural as well as a geographical unity. The dream of the Founding Fathers had substance because it was an implementation of… Read More Pope Francis: “We Hear Speeches That Resemble Those of Hitler in 1934”
Franklin Strong writes: On April 30th, far-right Catholic author Taylor Marshall and his cohost, author Timothy Gordon, posted a YouTube video as part of their regular #TnT chat series called “Why do Secularists and Mohammedans Unite?” The plan, Marshall explained, was to speak about what they saw as a strange alliance between “politically correct secularists”… Read More Alt-Catholics’ Connections to the White Nationalists of the Alt-Right
