Check out these recent articles from around the web: Chicago archbishop: Church should work through social changes together by Joshua McElwee: “‘That’s how I look at various discussions and dialogue with people, especially if they’re different from me and come up differently from me,’ he said. ‘I think those discussions are not only encounters for… Read More Around the Web
US Ambassador to United Nations Samantha Power spoke at the UN commemoration of the genocide in Srebrenica. You can watch the full video below. Her concluding remarks highlight the lessons that should be drawn from Srebrenica: In closing, let me simply appeal to all gathered here that the resolve induced by the horror of Srebrenica… Read More Twenty Years Later: Honoring the Victims and Survivors of Srebrenica
Pope Francis: “God acts in humility, in silence, in the little things.”
Last week, Pope Francis released his first major teaching letter, Laudato si’ (“Praise Be,” invoking the opening lines of St. Francis of Assisi’s canticle, “Brother Sun and Sister Moon”). An encyclical years in the making, it weaves together science and theology, ecology and economics to urge not only Catholics and other Christians, but all members… Read More The Environmental Encyclical is Out – Now What?
Pope Francis: “The Christian vocation is first and foremost a call to love, a love which attracts us and draws us out of ourselves.”
The internet has been full of jubilation and despair in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision legalizing same-sex marriage across the US, and this is certainly true for Catholics as well. Some Catholics are rejoicing in this historic moment, seeing a major step forward for justice, human dignity, and mercy. Others are deeply disappointed,… Read More The Road Ahead for the Church
Christopher Hale writes in Time: In his six-day trip, the pope will visit the homeless in Washington, immigrants in Harlem, and prisoners in Philadelphia. If Francis’s trip to the U.S. looks anything like his previous overseas journeys, it will be these encounters with the excluded—not his 18 speeches and visits with the political and cultural… Read More Pope Francis’ Smaller Visits Have a Bigger Meaning
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