COMMANDMENTS AND BEATITUDES: KURT VONNEGUT ‘For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes (Matthew 5). But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course, that's Moses, not Jesus. I haven't heard one of…

POPE FRANCIS ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER: SOME EXAMPLES Ways of the new evanglisation  

REFLECTIONS OF SUSAN B. ANTHONY [FROM THE MSC JUSTICE OFFICE MAILOUT] ‘Cautious, careful people always casting about to preserve their reputation or social standards never can bring about reform. Those who are really in earnest are willing to be anything or nothing in the world's estimation, and publicly and privately,…

From the Australian Catholic Social Justice Council Bishop Christopher Saunders (Photo by Australian Catholic Directory) Putting People First: The call for an economy of social inclusion Pope Francis has renewed the call of the Church to make the dignity of the human person the central focus of national and global economies.…