Quote for the Day: "Civilized" Holocausts?

Ta-Nehisi Coates at The Atlantic blog on humanism and Holocaust history:

Advice of Young Churchgoer to Churches: "Help Us Find Love in the Church Before We Look for it Outside"

The advice of a young Christian woman in South Dakota, Dannika Nash, to churches that keep scratching their heads and wondering why 70% of 23-to-30-year-olds are walking away from churches now:

Here Are Some Things Bullying Does to People

Here are some things bullying does to people:

And Then There Were Three: The Three Democratic Holdouts on Marriage Equality and the States' Rights Argument

The four have now become three: of the four diehard holdouts among Democratic senators opposing marriage equality, Senator Johnson of South Dakota is now on board. That leaves Pryor of Arkansas, Landrieu of Louisiana, and Joe Manchin of West Virginia--the latter two Catholic, by the way.

A Question for Canadian Readers: Hate-Speech Laws in Canada and Steps for Action?

I'd like to ask a bit of advice from readers, especially those of you living in Canada. I know that quite a few regular readers of Bilgrimage are Canadians, because some Canadian friends leave comments here routinely, and I hear from others by email.

Colleen Baker on Jesus and Gender, and Pope Francis's Model of Male Servant Leadership

And more on the new pope: I find Colleen Baker's latest posting on Jesus and gender at Enlightened Catholicism very important. Her introduction seems to me right on target:

A New Pope and a New Style: But on the Abuse Front . . . .

As April began, I wrote that I agree with Spanish Benedictine theologian Teresa Forcades that, while we welcome positive signs of change in the way Pope Francis is modeling papal ministry now, we must also wait and see how he will deal with the "basic questions." At the top of the list of those questions is the ongoing crisis in the Catholic church caused by abuse of minors by Catholic religious authority figures.