Check out these recent articles from around the web: Tea Party vs. the Common Good by Michael Sean Winters, National Catholic Reporter: “The individualism that is such a part of the American psyche has developed into something deeply pernicious, a denial of the possibility of the nation coming together, in the form of government action,… Read More Around the Web
Pope Francis: “In ideologies there is not Jesus: in his tenderness, his love, his meekness. And ideologies are rigid, always….ideology frightens, ideology chases away the people, distances, distances the people and distances of the Church of the people.…it is a serious illness, this of ideological Christians.”
Millennial writer Nichole Flores has a new article in America that addresses the issue of sexual violence in the agriculture industry, along with other threats to human dignity and rights: “The rape of migrant women is but one violation of workers’ rights and human dignity common in U.S. agricultural fields. Undocumented women and men are… Read More Nichole Flores in America: Seeing migrant women through the eyes of Christ
Pope Francis: “Do not get tired of bringing the mercy of the Father to the poor, the sick, the abandoned, the young people and families. Let Jesus be known in the world of politics, business, arts, science, technology and social media.”
As I drove home last night, slowly moving down the Van Wyck Highway Service Road, I watched as an older homeless man weaved through traffic begging for help. I pulled out what cash I had accessible but he moved over to the next lane – I did not know how to signal safely for him… Read More Don’t Fall for Misdirection: It’s about Homelessness, Inequality, Unemployment and Poverty not the Debt
Having just wrapped up my thirtieth year ex utero, I’m feeling remarkably wise and mature–or at least blessed to follow a God who teaches me the same lesson over and over and over until I mostly get it. I’m not who I should be, but (praise God!) I’m not who I was. Here are the… Read More 30 Lessons from My First 30 Years
Two on the nature of faith… Pope Francis: “We don’t find the faith in the abstract.” Bishop Dennis Sullivan: “Faith is a verb more than a noun.”
