Bo Burnham’s new movie is a joyous reminder that 13 is not, in fact, the best year of your life.
Youth
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Synod working document: Young Catholics need church that listens to them
The document outlines the church’s need to listen to young people, to help guide them in the faith and to identify pastoral paths to accompany them.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
New Poll: 43 percent of Americans find porn morally acceptable
While the acceptability of porn still holds minority status in the United States, it has climbed to 43 percent, according to Gallup Poll figures released June 5.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
What a radio station in Los Angeles is doing to connect young Latino Catholics to their faith
Among both listeners and staff, one can find those who were born and raised in the United States or moved here at a young age and those who are new to the country; those who have papers and those who do not or whose parents do not.
Posted inJesuitical, Politics & Society
Have we reached a turning point in the gun control debate?
Patrick Blanchfield on the history and future gun control in the United States
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Parkland students have been heard. Now is the time for action.
Students using the media and impassioned testimonies to mobilize voters and influence lawmakers are not circumventing democracy. They are exercising democracy.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Cardinal Cupich praises activists against gun violence at Good Friday procession
The Good Friday march in Chicago included re-enactments of the Last Supper and Crucifixion, along with a call to action to prevent gun violence.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Lenten penitence and our reckoning with gun violence
The March for Our Lives, which happened at the outset of Holy Week, told Americans it is time to face the deep sin of favoring guns over human life.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
The synod on young people needs to listen to all voices—Catholic or not
Pope Francis and the bishops truly want to understand what is driving young people today—that could challenge all of us.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Catholic groups join protest against gun violence at March for Our Lives
Many of the participants from Catholic schools and churches say that respecting the dignity of life means protecting children from gun violence.