Quote of the Day
Pope Francis: “The com-passion of God, his suffering-with-us, gives meaning and worth to our struggles and our sufferings.”
Pope Francis: “The com-passion of God, his suffering-with-us, gives meaning and worth to our struggles and our sufferings.”
The logo has been released for Pope Francis’ upcoming trip to the United States, based on the theme: “Love is our mission.” The official hashtag will be: #PopeInUS.
Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale offered his thoughts in a preview of the speech at Time: The President realizes that ahead of Pope Francis’s visit later this year, he needs to shore up support for his signature health care reform law in the Catholic community, particularly in light of the bishops’ concerns about how the law… Read More President Obama at the Catholic Health Association Conference
Millennial writer Meghan Clark has a new article at America. She writes: Based upon documented evidence over 25 years, the U.S. military has demonstrated at best an inability and at worst an unwillingness to dismantle a culture that tolerates sexual violence and to provide protection and justice for survivors. As a result, subsidiarity demands that… Read More Remove Military Sexual Assault Cases from Chain of Command
This post by Henry Longbottom, SJ is also featured on The Jesuit Post. A thinly veiled piece of climate alarmist propaganda. A groundbreaking exposition of Catholic ecological thinking. Well intentioned but economically naïve. A slippery slope towards extremist environmentalist positions. Such are the reactions to Pope Francis’ ecology encyclical—and it hasn’t even been published yet.… Read More Six Things to Know About Pope Francis’ Upcoming Encyclical
Neither the Democratic Party nor the Republican Party has a platform or priorities that fully reflect the principles of Catholic social teaching. Money has infected the American political system, threatening the very foundations of representative government. Politicians run polls so they know to avoid words like poverty and social justice, which don’t win votes. Major… Read More Politics Sucks, But Don’t Check Out
Pope Francis: “We are not called to live without the other, above or against the other, but with the other, for the other and in the other.”