Check out these recent articles from around the web: Entertaining Ourselves to Death by Timothy O’Malley: “The Church’s schools, universities, hospitals, and parishes have a responsibility to re-build a political culture of love, of solidarity, and of hope. Yet, the first step may be turning away from the very political culture that has created the… Read More Around the Web
In Madrid we live in apartment flats (pisos) and our house chapel is a converted bedroom – a rather small bedroom. For our community of fifteen fully grown Jesuits, it can be a tight fit. The space is about twice as long as it is wide, so we sit on a bench against one of… Read More The Mystery in the Mundane
via CNS: San Diego Bishop Robert W. McElroy is challenging U.S. Catholics to take an active role in combating “the scourge of anti-Islamic prejudice.” “We are witnessing in the United States a new nativism, which the American Catholic community must reject and label for the religious bigotry which it is,” he said in a keynote… Read More Catholics Must Combat Anti-Islamic Prejudice
Pope Francis: “Among the poor being treated worst is our planet. We cannot pretend all is fine in the face of the great environmental crisis.”
Today is Super Tuesday, as a dozen states hold primaries or caucuses across the country. As the election kicks into high gear, here is a guide for voting as a Catholic: 1) Pray. Ask the Holy Spirit to guide you as you form your conscience and make your choices. 2) Form your conscience. This is… Read More A Brief Guide for Catholic Voters
Today’s Millennial at Distinctly Catholic post is by Marcus Mescher, who writes: Pope Francis isn’t trying to foment fear; on the contrary, he is working to catalyze consciousness. In this Jubilee Year of Mercy, Francis challenges us to “leave the nest that contains us” and burst the “soap bubbles” of our own self-concern. He laments… Read More The Problem of Indifference
In the latest Millennial at Distinctly Catholic article, Millennial editor Robert Christian writes: Critics of the Nobel Peace Prize often note its glaring omissions, perplexing choices, and selection of those with pasts that are checkered at best. But the award has gone to many extraordinary champions of human rights and genuine peace: Martin Luther King,… Read More Pope Francis should win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize
