According to Paul Ryan and his ilk, an unfettered free market produces the most just distribution of wealth and resources, and private charity’s role is to make outcomes more tolerable for those who don’t fare well under the guidance of the Invisible Hand. It is based on the blind faith, impervious to all empirical facts,… Read More Sister Simone Schools Congressman Reid Ribble
I almost always have a list of books I want to read, and it never seems to get any shorter, but while on vacation last week I made a good dent in it. Being fortunate enough to have a family vacation home on Cape Cod, I’ll have plenty more opportunities this summer to check off… Read More Millennial’s Summer Reads: Brian’s Books
[This post by Matt Stewart, SJ is also featured on The Jesuit Post, where the author is an assistant editor] Not all that long ago a fellow Fordham student (and loyal TJP reader) posted an interesting video about introverts on Facebook. As a raging, falling-off-the-boat, say-everything-that-comes-to-my-head extrovert, I found the video informative – and kind… Read More Confessions of a Raging Extrovert (a Top 10 List)
One of the most powerful themes of Pope Francis’ pontificate has been the importance of working for social justice. His emphasis on Catholic Social Teaching continued at World Youth Day— he seemed to talk about it at every public appearance. Here are five fantastic quotes from his visit to Rio: 1) While at a slum… Read More Pope Francis’ Top 5 Justice Quotes From World Youth Day
Pope Francis is shaking up the Monday morning news cycle with a long interview he gave aboard the papal plane overnight. The biggest news out of it: he is shifting the Catholic message on gay issues. His most poignant comment was that he doesn’t ‘judge’ gay people and considers them ‘brothers.’ John Allen has full… Read More Pope on gay people: ‘Who am I to judge?’
Check out these recent articles from around the web: A Policy of Rape Continues by Nicholas Kristof: “We’re at the 10-year-anniversary of the beginning of the genocide in Darfur, yet, instead of subsiding, it has been amplified this year. Just in the first five months of 2013, according to the United Nations, another 300,000 people… Read More Around the Web
Pope Francis: “How important grandparents are for family life, for passing on the human and religious heritage which is so essential for each and every society! How important it is to have intergenerational exchanges and dialogue, especially within the context of the family.”
