Millennial writer Mike Jordan Laskey has a new article at NCR. He writes: Accept “political homelessness” and live in the tension. John Carr, the former director of the U.S. bishops’ justice and peace department, uses the phrase “politically homeless” to describe where Catholicism’s consistent ethic of life leaves us. We might be “comfortable with neither… Read More Four ways to Heal the Social Justice/Pro-life Divide
via Catholic Herald: Pope Francis has issued a decree changing the way that the Holy Thursday foot-washing rite is celebrated around the world. The decree was published today by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and signed by prefect Cardinal Robert Sarah. The decree says that the rite should no… Read More Pope Francis Officially Opens Holy Thursday Foot-washing Rite to Women
Pope Francis: “The Gospel calls us to be close to the poor and forgotten, and to give them real hope.”
The suggestion that we should hate our families seems repellent, like smelling food you intuitively know has passed. Even in my most wrathful moments of adolescence, in the midst of injustice at the hands of the oppressive regime of Mom and Dad, I would never, truly, hate my parents. I came closer with my twin… Read More “I Wasn’t Home for Christmas”: Reconciling Family and the Kingdom
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Marchers brave Chicago cold to highlight life issues by Michael O’Loughlin: “Cupich was one of several speakers who, along with thousands of attendees, braved bitter cold temperatures at a March for Life rally in downtown Chicago, five days before the 43rd anniversary of the US Supreme… Read More Around the Web (Part 2)
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Yoga pants and Catholic social teaching by Stephen Schneck: “Traditional church teachings have some issues with markets. The biggest is with the way that market forces interact with and shape our values. This happens in both direct and indirect ways. Some values actually seem to be… Read More Around the Web (Part 1)
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