Check out these recent articles from around the web: Our Populist Pope by RR Reno: “Now it’s certain. This will be a populist papacy. Denunciations of unfettered free market economics in Evangelii Gaudium—’an economy of exclusion and inequality’—attracted a great deal of attention in the secular press. But for the most part commentators ignore the… Read More Around the Web: Articles on Pope Francis
For many theologians, the death of Nelson Mandela – who has been a living symbol of peace, justice, and reconciliation – invites reflection on core theological concepts like the imago Dei, which Mandela wore with profound beauty and dignity. For my part, I was first exposed to Nelson Mandela and to South African history during… Read More Inspired by Nelson Mandela
Pope Francis: “Dear young people, put your talents at the service of the Gospel, with creativity and boundless charity.”
I found myself stuck in the middle seat on a flight from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., laptop open, entranced, reading through Pope Francis’ most recent letter (apostolic exhortation), “The Joy of the Gospel”. As I read the letter, sitting in this uncomfortable seat in the sky, I found myself struck, paragraph by paragraph, by… Read More The Danger of Pope Francis
Check out this great insight and advice from Fr. James Martin, SJ: St. Ignatius Loyola often used to talk about “disordered attachments,” those things we are so attached to that they keep us from God. It could be a desire for popularity or a love of money or an obsession with perfect health. Or maybe… Read More Fr. James Martin on “Disordered Attachments”
Over the past few days, I’ve had the opportunity to read through Pope Francis’s first apostolic exhortation Evangelli Gaudium (“The Joy of the Gospel”). The text–which lays out Pope Francis’s vision for the universal Church–has created a lot of stir in the public arena the past week or so, most notably around the Pope’s criticisms… Read More Reflections on Evangelli Gaudium: What Francis Really Wants to Change
President Obama: “Some of you may have seen this last week. The pope spoke about this at eloquent length. ‘How can it be,’ he wrote, ‘that it’s not a news item when an elderly homeless person dies of exposure but it is when the stock market loses two points?’ This increasing inequality is most pronounced… Read More Quote of the Day
