The brutal regime of Bashar al-Assad has gassed, starved, tortured, and slaughtered the Syrian people. And the international community’s response has been shamefully inadequate. But there are some people who have displayed courage and character in the face of these mass atrocities. Our 2015 Millennials of the Year are the millennial volunteers of the Syrian… Read More Millennials of the Year 2015: The White Helmets of Syria
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Hard questions we’re not asking Pope Francis by John Allen: “To date, the only concrete diplomatic success to which Francis can point is helping Syrian President Bashar al-Assad cling to power by opposing Western strikes. The pope had his reasons, including fear for Syria’s Christians in… Read More Around the Web
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Mercy, Part I by Michael Sean Winters: “Most of us Christians grew up with the idea that the God of the Hebrews was an angry God. Certainly, many Christians have conceived him as such. But, Kasper sets out to destroy this myth and largely succeeds.” Part… Read More Around the Web
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Pope Francis’ Holy Land Triumph by Michael Sean Winters: “When he was introduced to six victims of the Shoah, he bent down and kissed their hands. We are accustomed to the negative of that image, of people great and small bending over to kiss the pope’s… Read More Around the Web
Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale recently explained in Time “Why Pope Francis May Be the Best Politician in the World.” He was responding to those who are skeptical that Pope Francis’ efforts to reignite Israeli-Palestinian peace talks will succeed: But to reduce June’s meeting to an act of mere symbolism fails to understand the role religion… Read More Millennials Debate Pope Francis and Mideast Peace in Time
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Friends of Merton by Dan Horan: “Thomas Merton continues to exercise an ‘apostolate of friendship,’ bringing people together across many divides. If you haven’t met Merton and his friends yet, I encourage you to do so.” The Five Lessons of Good Friday by Fr. James Martin,… Read More Around the Web (Part 2)
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Economic Inequality: Can Theology Say Something New? by Kate Ward: “In my view, a good deal of advocacy around inequality, including that of religious leaders, avoids one of the more important questions we should be asking: how does inequality affect our moral formation? For many of… Read More Around the Web (Part 2)
Millennial 