At a time when our world contends with so many difficult issues, to see Hollywood imagining young people as our saviors raises serious questions.
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Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis goes to college: Vatican announces virtual meeting with university students across the Americas
The historic event will be hosted by Loyola University Chicago in collaboration with Emilce Cuda, the new head of the office of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, who convinced the pope to participate.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Lessons from Notre Dame on ministering to L.G.B.T. students
A campus minister at Notre Dame has a message for gay students: We can challenge one another without thinking that disagreement is moral failure, bigotry or hatred.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis tells young people: ‘Dream and live, be free and authentic, be the critical conscience of society.’
Pope Francis to young people: “You have been entrusted with an exciting but also challenging task: to stand tall while everything around us seems to be collapsing; to be sentinels prepared to see the light…to be builders amid the many ruins of today’s world; to be capable of dreaming.”
Posted inFaith, News
Survey: A third of young Catholics expect to attend Mass less often after the pandemic
Nearly three-quarters of young U.S. Catholics say they can be a good Catholic without going to Mass every Sunday, according to a new CARA survey.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Facebook wants to make ‘Instagram for kids’. Christian parents should keep their kids far, far away from it.
The real promise of “digital discipleship” should not prevent Christians from engaging in honest conversations about the harms of technology, especially to children.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Being family: What Latino Catholics can teach the rest of the U.S. church about community
An upcoming CARA survey reveals that Spanish-language Catholic groups are perceived as warmer and more familial. Meanwhile, English-language faith groups can be too goal-oriented and individualistic.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Architect turns 67,000 tiny Lego pieces into Vatican City State replica
Rocco Buttliere cobbled together 67,000 tiny, plastic Lego pieces to create an improbably realistic 3D replica of Vatican City State.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
The U.S. bishops’ document on the Eucharist could benefit young Catholics
Most college students attending Mass on campus won’t know the title of the document, much less the number of bishops who voted for or against it. What they will experience is a community centered around the Eucharist, and that will be what matters most.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
A political document on the Eucharist will push young people even further from the church
As we thought about the future of the church, I couldn’t help but look at the situation on Catholic social media at that very moment.