Check out these recent articles from around the web: CCHD: Putting the Gospel into Practice by John Gehring: “At a time when 1 in 6 Americans live in poverty and extreme income inequality is growing, a contribution to C.C.H.D. is a powerful way to affirm Catholic identity and empower those struggling to lift themselves out… Read More Around the Web
Pope Francis: “The Kingdom of Heaven is for those who place their trust in the love of God, not in material possessions.”
China has announced its intention to “stop using” its “reeducation through labor” system of prison camps and to revise its one-child policy to expand the number of couples eligible to have two children. These changes, even if slowly and imperfectly implemented, are a positive development, but they shouldn’t obscure the overall nature of China’s brutal,… Read More China’s Positive Reforms and its Enduring Totalitarian Tendencies
After spending a weekend at #IFTJ13 all I can say is “wow!” The Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice 2013 was an inspiring event. I hadn’t heard of it until recently, so I’ll assume many of you don’t know about it either. It’s a gathering of mostly young college and high school students from Jesuit institutions… Read More Finding Inspiration with the Ignatian Family
Via Rome Reports: During his catechesis at the General Audience, Pope Francis spoke about forgiveness and Confession. He said that God never tires of forgiving, and he urged all Catholics to never tire of asking for forgiveness. The Pope also acknowledged that he too goes to Confession. “Our mothers, our grandmothers said that it’s better to turn… Read More Pope Francis: God never tires of forgiving us
In a post in the Arts and Faith section of Loyola Press, Millennial writer Mike Jordan Laskey questions the call for fasting in addition to prayer as a response to thorny issues in our modern world. He discovers, with the help of an Argentinian priest, that fasting can become a point of solidarity with the… Read More Fasting on Behalf of the Hungry
Pope Francis: “The Saints were not superhuman. They were people who loved God in their hearts, and who shared this joy with others.”
