Check out these recent articles from around the web: Can the greatest religious painter of the 20th century make a comeback? by David Van Biema: “It may be that Rouault’s long decades of art world exile are over. Dempsey certainly hopes so. Offering a non-Dolorist testimony to the Miserere’s relevance that might please Pope Francis,… Read More Around the Web
Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York is calling for a living wage, saying the minimum wage is too low: New Yorkers are now thoughtfully considering a proposal from Gov. Cuomo to raise the minimum wage. When I contemplate issues like this, my thoughts often turn to my visits to St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. One… Read More Cardinal Dolan: Raise the Wage!
Millennial writer Mike Jordan Laskey has a new article at NCR. He writes: I’ve spent a lot of time talking about, listening to, and maybe even cursing at presidential candidates this year. I’ve spent precisely zero time praying for them. I can’t imagine the stress and scrutiny they face every day; they’re certainly in need… Read More Resetting Your Relationship with Politics This Lent
In the second Millennial at Distinctly Catholic post, Christopher Hale writes: In short, Francis isn’t a socialist, capitalist, or any other political or economic label, but a radical Christian who takes Jesus Christ’s command to exclude no one and put the poor first seriously. With that being said, there is room for some measure of… Read More Bernie Sanders is Wrong: Pope Francis is No Socialist
Millennial is filling in for Michael Sean Winters at the Distinctly Catholic blog for the National Catholic Reporter. In the first article, Kasey and Daniel Petri write: In the past, Christians seem to have relied on the shared religious identity of their chosen candidate as shorthand for justifying that preference without deeper thought. If a… Read More Why Christian Republicans Insist Donald Trump is a Good Christian
Pope Francis: “The laity are called to become a leaven of Christian living within society.”
Pope Francis: “Lent is a time for reconsidering our feelings, for letting our eyes be opened to injustice, to open our hearts to those suffering.”
