Fr. James Martin, SJ: “Honestly, this is just amazing to me, and amazingly moving. The Holy Door is not at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, but at the Cathedral in Bangui, in the Central African Republic. The Year of Mercy is inaugurated not in Vatican City, but in one of the poorest and most war-torn… Read More Quote of the Day
Pope Francis recently spoke to members of the pro-life movement in Italy, delivering another whole life message: The Pope said in the existential dynamics, everything is interrelated and we need to nurture personal and social sensitivity, both towards welcoming a new life and towards those situations of poverty and exploitation that affect the weakest and… Read More Pope Francis Delivers Pro-Life, Pro-Family, Pro-Poor Message
America has a new interview with Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale: What was your impression of the pope’s recent U.S. visit? We are a nation in dire need of Pope Francis and his prophetic message. I had the honor of walking with Francis throughout the entire American journey, and my sense was that for all the… Read More America Magazine Interviews Christopher Hale
Pope Francis: “One of the great challenges facing the church in this generation is to foster in all the faithful a sense of personal responsibility for the Church’s mission, and to enable them to fulfill that responsibility as missionary disciples, as a leaven of the Gospel in our world.”
via Brian Roewe at NCR: The Global Catholic Climate Movement announced Friday that Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley has become the latest prelate to sign their Catholic Climate Petition, joining 20 individual bishops, more than 200 Catholic organizations and more than 600,000 people from around the world. The list of supporters includes Pope Francis, who in… Read More Cardinal O’Malley Endorses Catholic Climate Petition
One of Millennial’s themes is Christian humanism, which rejects nihilism, relativism, and quietism, among other temptations for contemporary believers and non-believers alike. Here are some highlights of Pope Francis’ speech on the subject in Florence: We can speak of humanism only from the centrality of Jesus, discovering in Him the features of man’s authentic face.… Read More Pope Francis on Christian Humanism
Check out these recent articles from around the web: An Interview with Anna Keating of The Catholic Catalogue: “Too often I think we assume that a “successful” life for young women needs to follow a script, or that the measure of success is income, or status. According to the current script, the twenties are supposed… Read More Around the Web
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