In recent years, we have seen the narrowing of the American middle class and diminished social mobility as economic inequality balloons, the intensification of consumerism, the rise of an opioid crisis, the breakdown of family stability among working class Americans, the resurgence of ugly forms of populism, and the general fraying of communal bonds. Many… Read More We Need a Revolution in Solidarity
via Vatican News: Respect, responsibility and relationship are the three themes highlighted by Pope Francis in a message addressed to the “Laudato Sì & Big Cities” conference taking place in Rio de Janeiro…. Respecting Creation is one of our “core tasks” Pope Francis writes in his strongly worded message to conference participants, and he reaffirms,… Read More Pope Urges Governments to Take the Lead in Caring for Creation
In America, Millennial writer Nichole Flores writes: Last weekend, the Ku Klux Klan converged upon Charlottesville, Va. I am not naïve about the existence of racism in the United States. As a Mexican-American woman with brown skin, I have often experienced instances of racism. Until recently, however, I had imagined the K.K.K. as a fossil… Read More A Catholic Response to the KKK
Pope Francis: “Love requires a creative, concrete response. Good intentions are not enough. The other is not a statistic, but a person to take care of.”
Catholic Mobilizing Network is encouraging people to pledge to end the death penalty: “All Christians and people of good will are thus called today to fight not only for the abolition of the death penalty, whether legal or illegal, and in all its forms, but also in order to improve prison conditions, with respect for… Read More Leading Catholics Pledge to End the Death Penalty
Here are some key passages from Pope Francis’ message to the participants in the Plenary Session of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences: The Social Doctrine of the Church (SDC) insistently invites us to find ways to apply, in practice, fraternity as the governing principle of the economic order. The periods we have left behind… Read More Pope Francis on the Personalistic Dimension of Work, Freedom, and Dignity
via Reuters: If anyone had any doubts how Pope Francis feels about people who always complain, the answer is now tacked to the door of his frugal suite in a Vatican residence: “No Whining”. Under the explicit warning, the red-and-white Italian language sign goes on to say that “violators are subject to a syndrome of… Read More Pope Francis Has a ‘No Whining’ Sign on His Door
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