Patheos Catholic Stories of the Summer

Patheos Catholic Stories of the Summer 2016-07-14T17:23:17-05:00

(“Europa and the Bull” by Guido Reni, c. 1640. Source: Wikimedia, Creative Commons License)
(“Europa and the Bull” by Guido Reni, c. 1640. Source: Wikimedia, Creative Commons License)

Brexit

Chase Padusniak at Jappers and Janglers:

I am tired of hearing about sovereignty, independence, and democracy—those buzzwords ringing in the heads of the Leave camp. Catholicism is a tough religion; it demands the impossible (hence that old, oft-heard, little-understood verse about doing all things in Christ). And, contrary to our human instincts, that means standing up just as much—if not more—for the broken, the homeless, and the migrant far ahead of anything like national or ethnic sentiment. Or have we forgotten this?


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