On Christmas Eve, I was in a coffee shop in my hometown of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. While there, I overheard a group of women discussing a newspaper article about transgender issues. One woman said, “You know—I would care more about this and want to learn more if the only thing I didn’t focus on every day… Read More Democrats Must Not Forget About the Importance of Economic Justice

EJ Dionne writes: Ryan has been driven by two priorities throughout his career: slashing taxes on the best-off Americans, and eviscerating social-welfare and safety-net programs in the name of “entitlement reform.” Whatever advanced these objectives was worth doing…. Although Ryan gave warm speeches about compassion, his biggest fear was not that the poor might go… Read More Paul Ryan Never Stopped Being Paul Ryan, Unfortunately

The economy cannot attempt only to increase profits by reducing the work force and thereby adding to the ranks of the excluded. It must follow the path marked out by business leaders, politicians, thinkers, and leaders in society who place the human person in first place, and do everything possible to ensure that there are… Read More Pope Francis’ Prayer Intentions for April 2018: For a Just Economy

via the Jerusalem Post: Forty-one percent of Americans don’t know what Auschwitz was, according to a comprehensive national survey of Holocaust awareness and knowledge among US adults… Two-thirds of Millennials interviewed, between the ages of 18 and 34, could not identify what Auschwitz is… The study found that 11% of US adults and over one-fifth… Read More Two-Thirds of US Millennials Can’t Identify What Auschwitz Is

Meghan Clark writes: There is a deep simplicity at the heart of Pope Francis’ new exhortation: We are called to become more fully who we are, the people of God. The call to holiness is at once personal and communal—pushing us to actively build the kingdom of God… My college students are rarely relativists seeking… Read More The Call to Holiness is Personal and Communal

He writes: Our defence of the innocent unborn, for example, needs to be clear, firm and passionate, for at stake is the dignity of a human life, which is always sacred and demands love for each person, regardless of his or her stage of development. Equally sacred, however, are the lives of the poor, those… Read More Pope Francis Backs Whole Life Approach in Gaudete et Exsultate

To honor the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s death, President Barack Obama and Congressman John Lewis participated in a roundtable on Dr. King with students from Ron Brown College Preparatory High School in Washington DC: