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Pope tells TED conference to have hope, and calls for ‘tenderness’ from political leaders
- Vatican
- April 26, 2017
In a surprise video appearance at a TED conference, Pope Francis called for more tenderness in the world. The pontiff said tenderness means to “use our eyes to see the other, our ears to hear the other, to listen to the children, the poor, those who are afraid of the future, to listen also to the silent cry of our common home, of our sick and polluted earth.”
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Chesterton hailed as Catholic who fought with ‘verve and pananche’
- Church in the US
- August 22, 2016
Every page written by G.K. Chesteron, an early 20th century convert to Catholicism and widely considered one of the greatest apologists for the Catholic faith in the English language, is like “a bottle of champagne,” said Auxiliary Bishop Robert Barron of Los Angeles.
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Latest Jesus movie has promise, but it goes unfulfilled
- Church
- May 24, 2016
The Jesus of “Last Days in the Desert” is a wandering ascetic, not unlike the Essenes or some of John’s disciples, seeking God in solitude and self-denial, but its promise goes unfulfilled.
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Watch: Crux, Georgetown University host an economic forum on the family

September 9, 2015

The Synod on the Family has plenty of controversial topics to consider — divorce and remarriage, contraception, sexuality — but there’s another issue affecting millions of families in nearly every nation on earth: How to get by with less in times of economic uncertainty. Crux and the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought

Watch: President Obama speaks at Georgetown University poverty summit

Life

May 12, 2015

President Barack Obama spoke to a gathering of Catholic and Evangelical leaders gathered at Georgetown University for a three-day summit aimed at tackling poverty in the United States. Joining the President on the panel are Arthur C. Brooks, president of the American Enterprise Institute and Harvard sociologist Robert D. Putnam. Washington