Check out these recent articles from around the web: If it takes pictures of dead children to make people realize children are dying, so be it by Liz Sly: “My colleagues and I have been writing about Syria’s war for four years, about the desperation of the refugees who fled the country and the 250,000… Read More Around the Web
Here are some highlights from the USCCB’s 2015 Labor Day Statement, which closely aligns with Pope Francis’ message on the economy: Even with some economic progress, things have not truly improved for most American families. We must not resign ourselves to a ‘new normal’ with an economy that does not provide stable work at a… Read More Bishops Offer Scathing Critique of the Economy in Labor Day Statement
The Vatican will shelter two families of refugees, and Pope Francis is calling on every parish and religious community in Europe to join them and take in a refugee family. via AP: “Faced with the tragedy of tens of thousands of refugees who are fleeing death by war and by hunger, and who are on… Read More Pope Francis Calls on Every European Parish to Shelter Refugees
Last night, ABC aired a special with Pope Francis speaking to people in a number of places in the US where he is unable to visit in his upcoming trip. You can watch the special in English or Spanish here. Check out some of the highlights: .@pontifex: young people, don’t walk alone in life! Walk… Read More Highlights of Pope Francis’ Virtual Audience with People in the US
Michael Sean Winters of NCR has written an excellent preview of the pope’s upcoming visit to the United States. Check out each of the articles: Pope Francis is Coming! Part 1 by Michael Sean Winters: “The overarching theme is this: The Church has become too self-referential and worldly, and this has crippled its ability to… Read More MSW Previews Pope Francis’ US Trip
With mass shootings, the Black Lives Matter movement, and the recent rise in murder rates in numerous big cities all making headlines, now seems like a good time to think about the relationship between Catholic values and approaches to reducing gun violence. In this interview, Millennial editor Robert Christian addresses these topics with the founder… Read More A Catholic Approach to Gun Violence: An Interview with Nancy Grogan
Pope Francis: “Exploitation, a lack of what’s necessary to survive, drug addiction, sadness — all of these things take our liberty from us.”
