Quote of the Day
Pope Francis: “How good it is for us when the Lord unsettles our lukewarm and superficial lives.”
Rwanda: Remembering the past, embracing the future
Check out the video below on Kwibuka20. Here is some background information on it: Kwibuka means ‘remember’ in Kinyarwanda, Rwanda’s language. It describes the annual commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. More than one million Rwandans died in the hundred days of the genocide. It was one of human history’s darkest times. Twenty… Read More Rwanda: Remembering the past, embracing the future
Quote of the Day
Fr. Frans van der Lugt, SJ, who was murdered earlier today in Homs, where he had chosen to remain in solidarity with the people living under the Syrian regime’s siege and to shine a light on the dire humanitarian situation there: “I don’t see people as Muslims or Christian, I see a human being first… Read More Quote of the Day
The Rwandan genocide: 20 years later
Former Washington Post reporter Keith Richburg looks back on the Rwandan genocide, which started 20 years ago today, and at our willingness to put our heads in the sand:
Around the Web (Part 2)
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Economic Inequality: Can Theology Say Something New? by Kate Ward: “In my view, a good deal of advocacy around inequality, including that of religious leaders, avoids one of the more important questions we should be asking: how does inequality affect our moral formation? For many of… Read More Around the Web (Part 2)
Around the Web (Part 1)
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Who cares about the value of work? by EJ Dionne: “One of last week’s most important and least noted political events was the introduction of the 21st Century Worker Tax Cut Act by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash. Murray favors a minimum wage increase to $10.10 an… Read More Around the Web (Part 1)
Archbishop Wilton Gregory to Sell $2.2 Million Residence
Atlanta Archbishop Wilton Gregory will sell the $2.2 million residence that he moved into just months ago, following criticisms that his accommodations were too lavish. Archbishop Gregory told the AP, “I have decided to sell the Habersham property and invest the proceeds from that sale into the needs of the Catholic community.” This decision comes… Read More Archbishop Wilton Gregory to Sell $2.2 Million Residence
