via the Diocese of San Diego: The Most Rev. Robert McElroy, Roman Catholic Bishop of San Diego, released the following statement in reaction to President Donald Trump’s visit to San Diego to tour prototypes of the proposed new border wall: “It is a sad day for our country when we trade the majestic, hope-filled symbolism… Read More Bishop McElroy Blasts Trump’s ‘Ineffective and Grotesque’ Wall
Do you remember where you were five years ago, when the white smoke signaled that the College of Cardinals had selected the successor to Pope Benedict XVI? I do. I was standing in the campus ministry office at Boston College, dumbfounded at hearing that the conclave has chosen a pope from Latin America … a… Read More The Mercy Pope: Five Takeaways from His First Five Years
via Vatican News: Pope Benedict’s letter was presented by its recipient, Msgr Dario Edoardo Viganò, during a press conference presenting “The Theology of Pope Francis,” a series of 11 books written by 11 different authors, and published by Libreria Editrice Vaticana… “I applaud this initiative,” writes Pope Benedict. “It contradicts the foolish prejudice of those… Read More Pope Benedict Highlights Continuity with Pope Francis’ Pontificate in New Letter
via ND: Sister Norma Pimentel, M.J., executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley and longtime advocate for immigrants and refugees, will receive the University of Notre Dame’s 2018 Laetare Medal — the oldest and most prestigious honor given to American Catholics — at Notre Dame’s 173rd University Commencement Ceremony on May 20 (Sunday). “Jesus said, ‘when… Read More Sister Norma Pimentel to Receive the 2018 Laetare Medal
Elizabeth Bruenig discusses the evolving dynamic between religion, politics, and the left with Shorenstein Fellow Richard Parker:
The times in which we live demand that we develop a profound capacity of discernment… To discern, from among all the voices we hear, which is the Lord’s voice, which is the voice of Him who guides us to the Resurrection, to Life, and the voice that frees us from falling into the “culture of… Read More Pope Francis’ Prayer Intentions for March 2018: For Formation in Spiritual Discernment
Pope Francis: “Let us embrace the Cross. Jesus embraces the nakedness, hunger, thirst, loneliness, suffering and death of all men and women of all time.”
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