Millennial writer Nichole Flores writes: As I was growing up in a Mexican-American family, Guadalupe was everywhere, but most notably in the face of my grandmother, María Guadalupe García Flores. A humble woman without much formal education, her faith guided her as she raised 12 children amid immense poverty in rural Nebraska. My grandmother embodied… Read More Guadalupe’s Legacy, Meaning, and Influence Today
Cardinal Seán O’Malley: “Christ is the light of the world, and our task is to bring that light to those who are suffering in darkness.”
After failing to say ‘Rohingya’ in Burma (despite using the term in the past), today in Bangladesh, Pope Francis said, “The presence of God today is also called Rohingya.” Meeting with Rohingya refugees, Pope Francis asked for forgiveness for the world’s indifference to their persecution.
In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal and the numerous reports of sexual harassment and assault that followed, our nation is engaging in an ongoing conversation about the culture of complicity that allowed such predatory behavior to continue unabated. Over the next few months, we are bound to see (thankfully) many articles describing the… Read More Can We Stop Sexual Harassment and Abuse When Most Men Habitually Objectify Women with Pornography?
via Washington Post: President Trump on Wednesday shared three inflammatory anti-Muslim videos on Twitter posted by a far-right British activist, drawing backlash from across Britain, including a sharp rebuke from the British prime minister’s office. The videos — whose authenticity could not be independently verified — were first shared by Jayda Fransen, the deputy leader… Read More Another Display of Trump’s Anti-Muslim Bigotry and Comfort with Fascism
via Vatican Radio: Pope Francis on Sunday greeted pilgrims from around the world who were gathered in Saint Peter’s Square for the weekly Angelus. The Holy Father had particular greetings for members of the Ukrainian community who are commemorating “the tragedy of the Holodomor, the death by starvation provoked by the Stalinist regime with millions… Read More Pope Francis Notes Stalin’s Genocidal Starvation of Ukrainians
Here are some highlights from Cardinal Blase Cupich’s address, “A Consistent Ethic of Solidarity: Transcending Self, Transforming the World,” at the Capstone Conference for the project Virtue, Happiness, & the Meaning of Life: The ultimate measure of one’s virtue is not only how one personally improves, but how the common good is fostered and furthered… Read More Cardinal Cupich on Virtue, Solidarity, and the Common Good
