Our June 27 guest is Eileen Markey, an independent reporter and the author of A Radical Faith: The Assassination of Sr. Maura (Nation Books). She lives in the Bronx and teaches journalism at the City University of New York. We discuss her recent article, Canadian Catholics grapple with a history of “whitewashing” indigenous children. We also discuss these articles: Death […]
June 2018
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Death toll from a volcano eruption in Guatemala may far exceed the official count
The Fuego volcano eruption destroyed properties recently sold to indigenous Guatemalans for subsistence farming.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
New York City leaders and clergy rally in defense of immigrants at the border
Together they prayed for God to change anti-human rights policies, and the hearts of those who enforce them.
Posted inArts & Culture, Dispatches
Why a janitor saved the rosaries confiscated at the Mexican border
Photographer Tom Kiefer took a job at U.S. Customs and was horrified to discover personal items in the trash. He decided to show them to the world.
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
Would Jesus eat with Sarah Sanders?
The way Jesus used table fellowship in the Gospels was morally transformative—but by inclusion, not by exclusion.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Supreme Court upholds Trump’s travel ban in a 5-4 decision
In a 5-4 decision June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump’s travel ban on people entering the U.S. from some Muslim-majority countries, saying the president’s action was within his power.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
9 rules for civility from the Catholic tradition
We each have a responsibility to change the game, to treat each other better, particularly when we disagree.
Posted inFaith, Features
How the church can help (or hurt) women in abusive marriages
What pastors say to women in abusive relationships can be life-changing
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Supreme Court voids part of crisis pregnancy center law
The Supreme Court says a California law that forces anti-abortion crisis pregnancy centers to provide information about abortion probably violates the Constitution. The 5-4 ruling Tuesday also casts doubts on similar laws in Hawaii and Illinois.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis and French President Macron hit it off in first meeting
Their conversation was the longest between the pope and a head of state since Francis’ meeting with President Obama in 2014.