Several days ago, a jury of twelve people sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for his role in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Reactions to the sentence have varied. As one would expect, some are satisfied, even relieved, by the jury’s decision. Liz Norden, whose sons Paul and J. P. both lost legs in the explosions,… Read More The Case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev: On Preventing and Perpetuating Death
Pope Francis: “To change the world we must be good to those who cannot repay us.”
Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale has a new article in Time. He writes: The times have changed. While Jerry Falwell’s Moral Majority brought Catholics and Evangelicals together in the 1980s to promote traditional family values, prayer in school, and to outlaw abortion, today’s coalition has a much broader and altogether different agenda. President Obama might rightly… Read More 2016 Candidates Must Step Up to the Pope Francis Challenge
Pope Francis: “To be Christian isn’t about appearances or social conduct, it isn’t putting a bit of makeup on the soul so that it’s a little more beautiful.”
Robert Putnam, one of the country’s premier political scientists, recently sparked a debate over whether or not faith groups have been absent in the fight on poverty, saying: Historically, churches had been major, major movers on issues of social and political equality in America, but as I noted in [my 2010 book] “American Grace,” somewhat… Read More Churches Aren’t M.I.A., But Haven’t Done Enough for the Poor
Check out this great Real to Reel profile and interview with prominent Catholic blogger Rocco Palmo, a millennial Catholic:
For the many of us who have attended Catholic schools, we may wonder what makes a Catholic education different than a public one. As my wife and I have been re-watching episodes of The Wonder Years and Boston Public, there have been many moments we’ve paused and said, “In a Catholic school, a teacher would… Read More Shaping Men and Women for Others in Catholic Schools
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