 |
| Courtesy of uscatholic.org. |
 |
| Courtesy of Christianpost.com. |
Jim Wallis is a Protestant Christian leader for social change; editor of Sojourner's Magazine; and author of On God’s Side: What Religion Forgets and Politics Hasn’t Learned About Serving the Common Good. I was introduced to Jim Wallis while attending a progressive seminary in the late 1980s, and I continue to be inspired by his work.
It's typical of Wallis to publicly celebrate and make common cause with Pope Francis. In a piece titled Pope Francis: We Need You in Washington, D.C.,Wallis writes:
Suddenly, unexpectedly, and almost
miraculously, the values of simplicity, humility, welcome, and the
priority of the poor have burst on to the international stage. A new
pope named Francis is reminding us that love is also a verb -- choosing
the name Francis because of his commitment to the poor, to peace, and
creation in sharp contrast to the values of Washington, D.C.
Last week the House of Representatives voted to cut food stamps. The previous week marked the 5th anniversary of the financial collapse, and showed more American inequality than before the recession. And now we face a threatened shutdown of the government unless the health care promised to tens of millions of uninsured people is repealed.
Pondering all that, I saw the interview with Pope Francis in America magazine and his profile in the new issue of Sojourners.
And from every direction, things that the new pope was saying were
breaking through the political news cycle. Even my students at
Georgetown were telling me that their young friends, Christians or not,
were putting Francis quotes up on their Facebook pages.
Read more:
No comments:
Post a Comment