Month: May 2014

Jesus’ Values Revolution

Parliament of Canada

This article originally appeared in the Spring 2014 edition of the Catalyst.
by David Pfrimmer

Last year, Pope Francis released his apostolic exhortation, “Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel).” In discussing the Roman Catholic Church’s renewed sense of mission, Pope Francis highlighted “the structural causes of inequality” and reaffirmed the social teaching of the churches: “No to the economy of exclusion. No to the new idolatry of money. No to a financial system that rules rather than serves. No to inequality, which spawns violence.”

Warnings we would do well to heed

Glacier in Antarctica (Niko Harbour)

When a tree falls in the forest, does anybody hear? We might do well to ask, “when a glacier collapses into the sea, does anybody care?” Perhaps not as poetic, but certainly a question that requires an answer. The urgency of the global environmental crisis isn’t new. Climate scientists have been studying the issue for … Read more