At last week’s Democratic Party presidential debate in Milwaukee between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, I tried my best to represent the Catholic community and our most fundamental values. While there, I had the privilege to talk to both candidates about the issues that are at the heart of Pope Francis’ agenda and that should truly matter… Read More The Message I Delivered to Bernie and Hillary
Pope Francis: “In the heart of every person is a desire to live in freedom, in a place where change is possible in fellowship and solidarity.”
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Pope shining a light on Mexico’s margins by Austen Ivereigh: “Pope Francis will be spending almost all of his time in Mexico’s margins, in four dioceses never visited by previous popes, to be with those for whom he has made clear he has come: prisoners, the… Read More Around the Web
Millennial editor Robert Christian has a new article in Church Life Journal. He writes: For some Catholics, feminism is the other f-word. It is seen as an ideology that is antithetical to the core values of the Catholic faith. Certainly among those who are more traditional, there are a myriad of reasons for this aversion,… Read More The Case for a Catholic Feminism
Spotlight is not, at its heart, a movie about the Church. It is a movie about people doing their jobs for the sake of honesty and justice. The reporters at the Boston Globe, committed to truth and bringing that truth into the light, are doing the practical work of the Word without knowing it. The… Read More A Spotlight on Abuse: Healing the Wounds of the World through Truth, Justice, and Solidarity
Virgin and martyr. These titles are those that the Church has chosen to sum up the crowning achievements of Saint Agatha, whose feast day we celebrated this past Friday. For anyone who is unfamiliar with Catholic traditions surrounding the veneration of saints, labeling a person according to her sexual habits (or lack thereof) and cause… Read More Women Saints: Virgins, Martyrs…and Mothers
Pope Francis: “The Cross of Christ is not a defeat: the Cross is love and mercy.”
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