Billy Kangas in Relevant: The Problem with a Pop-Culture Christ

Millennial writer Billy Kangas has a new article in Relevant, where he discusses the “the baptism of pop-culture for the sake of outreach and evangelism”: When the Church employs superficial symbols to communicate the Gospel, the Gospel can only take hold of people on a superficial level. Jesus is actually seen as a clingy friend in the image who texts… Read More Billy Kangas in Relevant: The Problem with a Pop-Culture Christ

Around the Web

Check out these recent articles from around the web: Income Gap, Meet the Longevity Gap by Annie Lowrey, NY Times: “‘Poverty is a thief,’ said Michael Reisch, a professor of social justice at the University of Maryland, testifying before a Senate panel on the issue. ‘Poverty not only diminishes a person’s life chances, it steals… Read More Around the Web

Quote of the Day

Pope Francis: “The encounter with God in prayer again pushes us to ‘come down from the mountain’ and back down into the plain where we meet many brothers and sisters weighed down by fatigue, injustice, and both material and spiritual poverty.”

Global Catholicism: The Church is Changing, But Not How We Might Think

This post by Jeremy Zipple, SJ is also featured on The Jesuit Post. A friend once told me she’d love to be a fly on the wall at Jesuit community dinners. “I’d learn a ton,” she said, implying, I guess, that a tableful of overly educated guys with varied interests could surely produce some profitable… Read More Global Catholicism: The Church is Changing, But Not How We Might Think