1. 9 Ways We Can Make Social Justice Movements Less Elitist and More Accessible
"After a few weeks of feeling confused and invisible, I decided that I just wasn't smart enough to be an activist."
2. WATCH: Obama Condemns 'Routine' of Mass Shootings, Says U.S. Has Become Numb
"As I said just a few months ago, and I said a few months before that, and I said each time we see one of these mass shootings, our thoughts and prayers are not enough."
3. French Catholics Take in Refugee Family Seeking a 'Normal Life'
"The local effort is part of a national Catholic network that connects homeless asylum seekers with families willing to take them in."
4. Bless Me Father, for I Have Sinned
Sojourners papal correspondent Cathleen Falsani goes to mass at Madison Square Garden, and quote unexpectedly, finds herself in confession.
5. How Should America Deal With the Sinners in Its Prisons?
Pope Francis' visit to the Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia represents a different way of thinking about those behind bars: as humans with souls that need to be made whole.
6. What Happens When the 'Moral Majority' Becomes a Minority?
"Conservative Christian communities are split between doubling down on their advocacy, or walling themselves off from mainstream culture.
7. WATCH: A March for Immigration Reform — 100 Women, 100 Miles
A Sojourners original short documentary.
8. Mass Shootings Are Not the Real Problem
"Put simply, our focus on Roseburg-style shootings — as much it makes sense — obscures the extent to which most victims of gun homicide are poor, black, and live in America's most isolated communities."
"Along among our sports spectacles, American football kills our children."
10. WATCH: This Pregnancy Announcement Caused a Dad-to-Be to Weep Uncontrollably
You'll need your tissues for this one, folks.
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