Society & Culture

“Like most social encyclicals, Fratelli Tutti addresses a hodgepodge of topics. These range from detailed analysis of contemporary populism to explorations of the meaning of kindness, reciprocity and gratuitousness…. [it] insists on the need for Christians and others to be open to learning from others.

“Netflix has been indicted in the state of Texas for the distribution of lewd material after global outrage over French film, ‘Cuties.’” - MCD

“Thomas wrote that the 5-4 majority in a 2015 case had ‘read a right to same-sex marriage’ into the Constitution, ‘even though that right is found nowhere in the text.’ And he said that the decision ‘enables courts and governments to brand religious adherents who believe that marriage is between one man and one woman as bigots.’” - C.Leaders/AP

“Any society thus dominated by its lust will do whatever it takes to satisfy it….Our political and religious landscape is littered with leaders who exemplify this kind of thinking and action—so densely so that there’s no need to name any examples. And we have chosen to follow them. We have elected them, or we have joined their churches.

“The New York Times has quietly backed off of its claim that August, 1619, when the first slaves were brought to Virginia–not July 4, 1776–is America’s “true founding’….Historians savaged the project, showing that these claims are simply untrue. Liberal historians joined conservative historians in debunking the project. It turns out, the New York Times ignored the report of its own fact-checker!” - Veith

“ ‘As evangelicals, we believe in the God-given dignity of every person in every nation,’ reads a press statement by evangelical Christian leaders, including Russell Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention, under the banner of the Evangelical Immigration Table.” - C.Post

“The Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), representing over 1500 traditional, Orthodox rabbis in matters of public policy, today condemned criticism of Amy Coney Barrett… based upon her religious views, membership in religious associations, or family.

“…those living for eternity, and not merely for the next election—and the power and resources it will bring—are not inclined to live as combatants for those temporal things; they have other desires, and the fulfillment of those desires is guaranteed by divine omnipotence.” - Olinger

“Leaders urge Americans to ‘put aside partisan politics’ and pray in the spirit of 1 Timothy 2.” - C.Today

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“We’ve got to work as members, leaders in churches, to foster a community where we really are quick to listen and slow to speak and slow to become angry….How do we humbly relate to one another instead of giving into this constant temptation to demonize one another, just jump to polarization of positions, straw man arguments, all of these things that we see all around us in the world?” - C.Leaders