Our guest this week is Nathan Schneider, a contributing writer for America and the author of “Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and The Case Against Philanthropy As We Know It,” which appeared in America’s June 26th issue. Is philanthropy something we want to encourage as the way things get done in our societies? Schneider finds that “it’s […]
Social Justice
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Linking young men to a future—and a gentrifying neighborhood to its past
Reconnect Brooklyn is investing in people rather than properties, the residents who are struggling to remain in Bed-Stuy amid rising costs.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
To save the planet, start by saving the soul
Cardinal Turkson insists that the ultimate causes of environmental degradation must be sought in the sinfulness of the human person.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Frustrations are hard to hide at a vigil for the homeless in Toronto
Every month a group gathers at Holy Trinity Church to hold a vigil for those who have died homeless in Toronto.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope honors ‘rebel’ priests censured by the Vatican for their commitment to the poor
Pope Francis made the pilgrimage to honor two 20th-century parish priests whose commitment to the poor and powerless brought them censure from the Vatican.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Meet the missionaries who are living the ‘Ignatius option’
The motivation for withdrawal in the Ignatius option is formation for mission rather than countercultural resistance.
Posted inFaith, News
Southern Baptists condemn white supremacy, after declining to comment before
The group called it “antithetical to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.”
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
A year after Orlando shooting, Catholic mother uses advocacy to honor slain son
Maria Wright lost her son, 31-year-old Jerald A. Wright, during the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Empty words do not help the poor, Pope Francis says in World Day of the Poor message
People cannot sit back and be indifferent or unresponsive to growing poverty in the world as a privileged minority accumulates “ostentatious wealth,” Pope Francis said.
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Women must have the opportunity to fully contribute to society, pope says
“Women are fully entitled to actively take part in all settings, and their rights must be affirmed and protected,” the pope said.