The Vatican has finally offered some clarity on the Pope Francis-Kim Davis meeting with a statement that undermines claims that Pope Francis intended to demonstrate support for her position. The statement reads: The brief meeting between Mrs. Kim Davis and Pope Francis at the Apostolic Nunciature in Washington, DC has continued to provoke comments and… Read More Vatican: Pope’s Brief Encounter with Kim Davis Does Not Reflect Support For Her Position

This post by Henry Longbottom, SJ is also featured on The Jesuit Post. A few weeks back, we heard of Papa Francesco’s escape from the confines of Vatican City to pay a visit to — of all places — his opticians. The tourists and journalists went wild, and the world applauded another instance of this humble… Read More Prada or Nada?: 3 Simple Fashion Tips from Pope Francis

Like Catholic teaching itself, Pope Francis is inspired by personalism, which is premised on the innate worth and dignity of each person and the importance of our relationships as members of numerous communities, rather than as autonomous individuals or parts of a mass collective. Michael Gerson has a great column in the Washington Post on… Read More The Personalism of Pope Francis

Thanks largely to the efforts of survivors-turned-activists Annie Clark and Andrea Pino, the founders of End Rape on Campus, sexual assault on campus has moved to the center of public and political debate. Under the Obama Administration, there has been a push to use federal law to hold schools accountable to address the high levels of… Read More Hookup Culture as Rape Culture: A Shared Complicity