David Brooks writes: College mental health facilities are swamped, suicide rates are spiking, the president’s repulsive behavior is tolerated or even celebrated by tens of millions of Americans. At the root of it all is the following problem: We’ve created a culture based on lies. Here are some of them: Career success is fulfilling. This… Read More 5 Lies Our Hyperindividualistic Society Tells Us
Pope Francis: “Today, too, let us join in prayer with the Christian community of Sri Lanka, which was struck by terrible violence on Easter Sunday. We entrust to the risen Lord the victims, the wounded and all the suffering. #PrayForSriLanka”
Last year, Kerry Cronin wrote an insightful article for C21 Engage on young people, loneliness, and intimacy. Here are some of the article’s key points: What really concerns young adults—what really scares them, what fascinates them, what moves them—is not really a question of sex but rather a question of intimacy. Despite their seemingly constant… Read More Millennials, Loneliness, and the Crisis of Intimacy
via Joshua McElwee: Pope Francis met briefly during his general audience April 17 with Greta Thunberg, a Swedish teenager and climate activist who inspired a million students around the world to take part in a global strike last month to protest politicians’ inaction on climate change. The pontiff approached Thunberg at the end of the… Read More Pope Francis Meets and Encourages Young Climate Activist Greta Thunberg
I was never really a big Lent guy. Advent was more my season. Who wouldn’t prefer a decorated Christmas tree to a stringy palm branch, or singing “O Come, O Come Emmanuel” as the snow falls outside the church to signing “Dust and Ashes” on a cold and wet March Wednesday, or a crèche with… Read More Unchecked Boxes and Encountering God and Holiness in Lent
The US Bishops: .@USCCB statement on #NotreDameCathedral: “Noble in architecture and art, it has long been a symbol of the transcendent human spirit as well as our longing for God.” pic.twitter.com/zrEeRPoLjS — Christopher White (@cwwhite212) April 15, 2019 Christopher Hale: For a Catholic, this isn’t just a tourist spot or even just a treasure trove… Read More Catholics React to the Fire at Notre Dame Cathedral
Millennial guest writer Timothy O’Malley, the author of Off the Hook: God, Love, Dating, and Marriage in a Hookup World, is often asked by young people, “How do I know if I’ve found ‘the one’?” Watch his reflection on this question:
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