Quote of the Day
Laila Neyazi, on voting in today’s historic elections in Afghanistan: “I’m not afraid of Taliban threats, we will die one day anyway. I want my vote to be a slap in the face of the Taliban.”
Laila Neyazi, on voting in today’s historic elections in Afghanistan: “I’m not afraid of Taliban threats, we will die one day anyway. I want my vote to be a slap in the face of the Taliban.”
Pope Francis: “Christian love is loving without counting the cost. This is the lesson of the Good Samaritan; this is the lesson of Jesus.”
In his 1990 World Day of Peace Message, Pope John Paul II recognized that “[t]he gradual depletion of the ozone layer and the related ‘greenhouse effect’ has now reached crisis proportions as a consequence of industrial growth, massive urban concentrations and vastly increased energy needs.” At the time he delivered that message, the global atmospheric… Read More Prudence and Climate Change: How the Church Can Help Our Response to Climate Science
Pope Francis: “May we never get used to the poverty and decay around us. A Christian must act.”
Millennial co-founder and contributing editor Christopher Hale has a new article in Time on yesterday’s #BorderMass. He writes: During Holy Communion, O’Malley, his brother bishops and priests reached across the border fence to distribute hosts to Mexicans on the other side. The message communicated here was unmistakable. The Eucharist is the source and summit of… Read More Christopher Hale in Time: Cardinals Prove Borders Cannot Block the Love of Jesus Christ
The full text (via the Archdiocese of Boston) of Cardinal Sean O’Malley’s homily at the #BorderMass for immigrants and immigration reform earlier today is below. Cardinal O’Malley and his brother bishops are right: our current immigration system is a moral calamity that denies aspiring Americans their rights and dignity as children of God. Scripture tells… Read More Cardinal Sean O’Malley on Our Broken Immigration System
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Special Envoy Angelina Jolie recently visited Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, to meet 11 year old Hala and her five siblings who arrived as orphans from Syria’s war: In June of last year, she spoke with other refugees from Syria. One refugee asked, “Why is no one standing by the Syrian… Read More Angelina Jolie Meets Syria’s Lost Children