As Mark Shields steps away from his regular role on PBS NewsHour, his partner on the show, David Brooks, shares his thoughts: Mark, like many who came of age in the 1950s and 1960s — including Joe Biden — was imprinted with the idea that politics is a deeply noble profession, a form of service,… Read More David Brooks on Mark Shields
via Variety: Netflix has announced an original documentary series based on “Sharing the Wisdom of Time,” the award-winning book written by Pope Francis. The series will recount tales of elders and their lived experiences, told through the eyes of the younger generation. Women and men above the age of 70 from all around the world… Read More Netflix Announces New Documentary based on Pope Francis’ Book “Sharing the Wisdom of Time”
Brian Fraga writes: Trump and his Republican allies tried their best, though, to overturn the election results, filing dozens of lawsuits and pressuring officials in the battleground states Trump lost. The Trump campaign effectively had the help of the Thomas More Society, a public interest law firm that heretofore has mainly been known to file… Read More Pro-Lifers Should Be Defending Democracy, Not Undermining It
Human desire never seems to cease. We are confronted with this inconvenient truth whenever we realize that something we want is totally out of reach. Some of us try (in vain) to “stuff away” our desires in an attempt to bypass that sense of dissatisfaction. But repression often turns into all kinds of tricky complexes… Read More John of the Cross, Romeo Santos, and Awakening the Heart’s Desire
At NCR, Millennial editor Robert Christian writes: Polarization did not end with the election of Joe Biden. The structural factors driving it remain in place. And this polarization is helping to fuel the enmity that has fractured any sense of unity among the people of the United States. It will not be easy to reduce… Read More Polarization Won’t Disappear But We Don’t Have to Submit to It
Highlights from Pope Francis in chapter 8 of Fratelli Tutti: The different religions, based on their respect for each human person as a creature called to be a child of God, contribute significantly to building fraternity and defending justice in society. (271) We are convinced that “when, in the name of an ideology, there is… Read More Pope Francis: All People Have a Right to Religious Freedom, Not Just Christians
Sister Helen Prejean writes: The Trump administration is engaged in a full-court press to execute as many people on federal death row as possible before Jan. 20. Attorney General William P. Barr has already overseen eight executions since July. Five more are scheduled before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, who has pledged to end… Read More Sister Helen Prejean on Trump’s Execution Spree
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