Check out these recent articles from around the web: The death penalty’s demise can’t come soon enough by Washington Post: “Several places around the country hand down an astonishing number of death sentences, despite the expense in applying the ultimate punishment, despite the fact that exonerations continue to expose injustice in administering it and despite… Read More Around the Web
Here are the highlights from Pope Francis’ message for the World Day of Peace: God is not indifferent! God cares about mankind! God does not abandon us! Sadly, war and terrorism, accompanied by kidnapping, ethnic or religious persecution and the misuse of power, marked the past year from start to finish….Yet some events of the… Read More Pope Francis’ Message for 2016: Overcome Indifference!
Millennial writer John McCarthy has a new article at NCR. He writes: I believe that the Nativity forms the very basis of our Catholic Social Teaching for three reasons. First of all, it teaches us that this life is worth living meaningfully. Secondly, it changes the traditional power structure. Thirdly, it teaches us to work… Read More Christmas is a Call to Activism
Check out our top stories on Pope Francis in 2015: 25 Quotes from Pope Francis’ Congressional Speech: “It is my duty to build bridges and to help all men and women, in any way possible, to do the same.” Pope Francis’ Speech at the White House: “I would like all men and women of good… Read More Millennial’s Top Stories on Pope Francis in 2015
For years, Russia has backed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s campaign of mass murder in Syria. Now, following its unjust invasion of Ukraine, Russia is directly participating in Assad’s attempt to reestablish his control through mass atrocities. Russia has used the existence of ISIS as a pretext for intervention, while often bombing mainstream rebels—an approach that… Read More Russia’s War Crimes in Syria
Cardinal Seán O’Malley of Boston delivered an outstanding message on joy, community, and solidarity this Christmas, encouraging us to pursue these and leave behind the selfishness, materialism, and hedonism of an extreme individualism that is truly poisonous: “Christmas is about joy; so often, people do not know the difference between being happy, and having fun.… Read More Cardinal Seán: Christmas Joy is About Solidarity, Rejecting Ayn Rand Extreme Individualism
Pope Francis: “Spirituality is the backbone of all service in the Church and in the Christian life. It is what nourishes all our activity, sustaining and protecting it from human frailty and daily temptation.”
