The Pope’s Challenge

NPR recently broadcast the Pope’s challenge. He is calling all people to look at four issues through a humanitarian rather than a political lens. He is asking us to:

extend our definition of pro-life to embrace the dignity of all people eschew wealth and consumption embrace creation care as a matter of justice exude joy in a world of sorrow

I get the bookend issues (#1 and #4). Myopic fury over abortion fails to consider quality of life issues for people of all ages and circumstances. And i...