If there has been one overused line in the past few weeks, it’s the trope: “The election taught us…” We didn’t need this election to teach us that our country is polarized or that there is no “Catholic vote.” As commentators have said for years, political polarization shapes the Catholic electorate as much as the… Read More The Wounded Church: Pro-Life and Social Justice Catholics Remain Divided
Millennial writer Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig recently spoke at the Yale Political Union, arguing the negative position on the resolution: “religion has no place in government.” Here is a small segment of her speech: I’ll now turn to the idea that religion ought to have a place in government…. There are several reasons why. The first is… Read More Should Religion Have a Place in Government?
via NY Times: Smoking will be prohibited in public housing residences nationwide under a federal rule announced on Wednesday. Officials with the Department of Housing and Urban Development said that the rule would take effect early next year, but that public housing agencies would have a year and a half to put smoke-free policies in… Read More US Will Ban Smoking in Public Housing
While the nation watched the shocking rise of Donald Trump in the Electoral College, much less notice was paid to the passage of a referendum in Colorado. Proposition 106 legalized a terminally ill patient to request from a doctor drugs to end his or her life. Colorado became the sixth state to legalize euthanasia, sparking… Read More Assisted Suicide Quickly Becoming a Major Cultural Issue for Millennials
Foster Campbell is the Democratic candidate in the final US Senate race in 2016, a contest to represent Louisiana. Millennial editor Robert Christian interviewed him on his approach to politics and public policy: You’ve said, “Matthew 25 is my guide post. I’m on the side of the least of these.” Responding to a question about… Read More For the People Not the Powerful: An Interview with Senate Candidate Foster Campbell
via Vatican News: Pope Francis told the two-day conference on Narcotics that those who fall into the snares of drugs are victims who have “lost their freedom” in return for “a new form of slavery.” Reflecting on the causes of drug addiction, the Holy Father said it results from a variety of factors: “the absence… Read More Pope Francis: Drug Addiction is a Type of Slavery
Earlier this month, Fr. Greg Boyle, the founder and executive director of Homeboy Industries, spoke at the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice. Prior to his keynote, he shared a few thoughts with Fr. James Martin. Here are some highlights: .@FrGregBoyle: How do we locate our heart at this moment? I find mine by it breaking… Read More Fr. Greg Boyle: Love is the Answer
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