via CNS: The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops announced to staff May 4 a dramatic reorganization of its communications department, including the closure of the Washington and New York offices of Catholic News Service. In meetings with newsroom staff, James Rogers, the chief communications officer of the conference, said that the Washington office would be… Read More Catholic News Service to Cease Domestic Operations
via the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life: The climate crisis is a global challenge threatening both the natural world and the poor around the world. In the United States and in other nations, young people are leading the response to “the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor” through… Read More We Are Not Beyond Redemption: Young Catholics and Climate Change
via the NY Times: She arrived on a ship called the SS America, an 11-year-old refugee fleeing tyranny for freedom. Nearly three-quarters of a century later, her adopted country bade farewell on Wednesday to Madeleine Korbel Albright, who in the course of a storybook life became a relentless evangelist for American ideals at home and… Read More The Life of Madeleine Albright
Tish Harrison Warren writes: Whatever else Christianity is, it is an assertion of historic fact. The New Testament invites us to examine the evidence. Its claim of a bodily resurrection was as strange and impossible — as Updike says, “monstrous” — when it was first made 2,000 years ago as it is now. It would… Read More Easter Reflections in the NY Times
Fr. James Martin is a Jesuit priest and editor at large at America. A prominent figure on social media, Fr. Martin can frequently be found on various platforms defending the life and dignity of all people, particularly the marginalized and vulnerable. He is the author of many popular books, including his latest, Learning to Pray,… Read More Fr. James Martin on the Need to Protect Refugee and LGBT Lives
Whenever I come across images of a crucifix, I’m enamored by the ones placed in such a way that the viewer’s perspective looks upward towards Jesus. If one were to close their eyes, recalling the accounts in the gospels, one can enter through Mary’s perspective as she sat at the foot of the cross watching… Read More At the Foot of the Cross
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Why American Teens Are So Sad by Derek Thompson: “The Internet exposes teenagers not only to supportive friendships but also to bullying, threats, despairing conversations about mental health, and a slurry of unsolvable global problems—a carnival of negativity. Social media places in every teen’s pocket a… Read More Around the Web
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