Check out these recent articles from around the web: The Poor Get Poorer by Michael O’Loughlin: “Now I don’t call attention to this extraordinary wealth to begrudge those who have money. Having spent a few years working in the nonprofit sector, I see firsthand the immense good that wealthy individuals create with their financial resources.… Read More Around the Web
The week was full of articles detailing horrible acts of violence, brutality, and terrorism around the world. Suicide Attack at Church in Pakistan Kills Dozens by NY Times: “A suicide attack on a historic Christian church in northwestern Pakistan killed at least 78 people on Sunday in one of the deadliest attacks on the Christian… Read More Around the Web: A Week of Violence and Brutality Around the World
Pope Francis: “Men and women have to be at the center (of an economic system) as God wants, not money…The world has become an idolator of this god called money.”
Pope Francis: “True charity requires courage: let us overcome the fear of getting our hands dirty so as to help those in need.”
The Republican Party’s slide to the right reached an embarrassing point this week. On Thursday, House Republicans attacked food security by voting to pass deep cuts ($40 billion) in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Yesterday they voted to gut the Affordable Care Act, a policy that would leave millions without health insurance and result… Read More A Preferential Option against the Poor
Pope Francis: “There are so many diseases, so many sins, but Jesus emphasizes so much that the love of money, in fact, is the root of all evil.”
Quick: name one of your favorite Christian axioms. You know, one of the “tweetable” maxims that has developed over the two thousand year history of the Church. Is it: Do to others whatever you would have them do to you? (Mt 7:12) What about: Our hearts are restless until they rest in you? (Augustine) Maybe:… Read More Melting Ice, Mending Creation: a Catholic Approach to Climate Change
