Check out these recent articles from around the web: A Raw Deal: Our Pain, Their Gain by Michael Stafford: “The great task that has been set before us in the coming years is simply this- to break the power of the wealthy and make America’s government one run by and for the people once again.”… Read More Around the Web
Pope Francis: “Don’t forsake God for what’s fashionable.”
One of the reasons we created Millennial was because we were concerned that millennial Catholics did not have adequate forums in which to express their ideas on religion, politics, and culture. In particular, we felt that those who were both pro-life and pro-social justice, shaped by the personalist and communitarian principles of Catholic teaching, were… Read More Most Popular Guest Posts in 2013
One of the tasks we embraced in 2013 was keeping our readers updated on the latest news on Pope Francis. Not everyone has the time to keep tabs on the Vatican press, but our readers clearly had the desire to follow the pope’s activities and words. Luckily, contributing editor and Millennial co-founded Christopher Hale embraced… Read More Top 15 Breaking News Stories on Pope Francis in 2013 on Millennial
You can almost always find something insightful in Pope Francis’ homilies, but today’s was particularly good and included many gems of wisdom. In it, the pope clarifies what Christian love is all about, and also what it is not about. He described some of the challenges that we face that keep us away from living… Read More Love Actually: Concrete, Unselfish and Generous
Fr. Jim Martin appeared on the Colbert Report last night. He did a great job placing the pope’s comments in their proper context (“If you have a problem with Pope Francis, you have a problem with Jesus.”). But the highlight of the show was when Stephen Colbert mocked the right-wing Catholics who have dismissed the… Read More Colbert Mocks Right-wing Claim That Pope Francis Doesn’t Understand Capitalism
In November, America’s most listened-to radio talk show host told his audience that Pope Francis was preaching “pure Marxism.” Either that, Limbaugh said, or the “worldwide left” had deliberately mistranslated the pope’s apostolic exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium. Many Catholics were outraged at the distortion. Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good called on Limbaugh to apologize.… Read More Thank you, Rush Limbaugh
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