Check out these recent articles from around the web: A Sermon on the Hill by John Carr: “Francis’ defense of families takes on both economic and moral pressures on family life, making ideologues on both left and right uncomfortable.” New cardinal: Vatican should be ‘voice of the voiceless’ by Joshua McElwee: “One of the 20… Read More Around the Web (Part 1)
Pope Francis: “What is the most important subject you have to learn in life? To learn how to love. This is the challenge that life offers you: To learn how to love. Not just accumulating information without knowing what to do with it. But through that love, that that information bear fruit.”
Pope Francis: “The flag of the poor is Christian. Poverty is at the center of the Gospel. The poor are at the center of the Gospel. Let’s take Matthew 25, the protocol on which we will be judged: I was hungry, I was thirsty, I was in prison, I was sick, naked.”
Two weekends (and two blizzards) ago, famed Catholic theologian Elizabeth Johnson, C.S.J., delivered a presentation for the Boston College Lumen et Vita Conference entitled “Christ and the Pelican Chick: A Hope Renewed?” Johnson’s image of the pelican chick was a provocative one. In her presentation, she explained that pelicans typically give birth to multiple chicks… Read More The Tragic Case of the Pelican Chick: Nature’s Cruelty and God’s Compassion
Pope Francis: “Children cry, they are noisy, they don’t stop moving. But it really irritates me when I see a child crying in church and someone says they must go out. God’s voice is in a child’s tears: they must never be kicked out of church.”
The latest horrifying images of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s campaign of mass murder are coming from Douma, Syria. There is really nothing new to say at this point. But it is important to look at the horror unfolding, even as the world refuses to act to protect the innocent. Here are some tweets from #Douma… Read More Assad is Still Murdering Children
John Boehner, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, has announced that Pope Francis will address a joint meeting of Congress in September of this year. This historic address will mark the first time a pope has spoken before Congress. What will the pope’s message be? Given Francis’ penchant for speaking directly and… Read More Pope to Address US Congress: Call for an End to the Throwaway Culture
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