In one of the most remarkable talks of his papacy, Pope Francis made a strong case for the common good—for social justice based on solidarity. I would like to make an appeal to those in possession of greater resources, to public authorities and to all people of good will who are working for social justice:… Read More The Slum Pope’s Unambiguous Call for Social Justice
Pope Francis released the fantastic new encyclical “Lumen Fidei” (“Light of Faith”) on Friday, which Pope Benedict started before his resignation this past winter. Encyclicals are the most important form of papal teaching and comprise much of the vast body of our Catholic social tradition. Here is a collection of some of the quotes from… Read More Lumen Fidei Casts Light on Key Catholic Social Teachings
Same-sex marriage proponents are rejoicing today, as DOMA has been declared unconstitutional and the appeal of Prop 8 has been dismissed. The war for same-sex marriage is not over, but a huge battle has been won. Particularly giddy are the affluent liberals—entertainers, media members, Democratic party activists, and lesser-known members of the bourgeoisie—who were already… Read More Is Social Liberalism Resurgent?
A great blog post is going viral that reminds us of the importance of having children at church. The author says, “I know it’s hard, but thank you for what you do when you bring your children to church. Please know that your family – with all of its noise, struggle, commotion, and joy –… Read More Thank You for Bringing Your Children to Church
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Subsidiarity and Libertarian “Small Government” by James Baresel, The Distributist Review “Subsidarity is suspicious of centralized big business even more than it is suspicious of centralized big government. Subsidiarity would, in fact, prefer an expansion of government to the expansion of big business.” All Good Things… Read More Around the Web
Check out these recent articles from around the web: All the Lonely People by Ross Douthat “As the University of Virginia sociologist Brad Wilcox pointed out recently, there’s a strong link between suicide and weakened social ties: people — and especially men — become more likely to kill themselves ‘when they get disconnected from society’s… Read More Around the Web
FIND COMMUNITY 1. Stay Connected to your Past: Maintain close relationships with those who have encouraged and supported you up to this point in your faith life (family, HS/college friends, teachers, campus ministers, etc.) 2. Go to Mass every Sunday: Find people to go to Mass with—do not regularly sit alone; form a small community… Read More Top 10 Ways to Stay Catholic after College
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