Jim McDermott

Last Thursday saw yet another frightening act of gun violence this time in Lafayette La as a man shot off 20 rounds during an evening showing of ldquo Trainwreck rdquo killing two and injuring nine others Since then the country has pretty much followed its scripted cycle of reactions nbsp P

Today Pope Francis accepted the retirement resignation of Los Angeles auxiliary bishop Jerry Wilkerson and announced the appointment of three new auxiliaries for the archdiocese — nbsp Monsignors Joseph V Brennan and David G O rsquo Connell of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and Father Robert B

Over the last few weeks I 39 ve been talking by phone to a wide variety of prominent Catholics in California including Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta nbsp Gov Jerry Brown nbsp three local bishops and a diocesan environmental justice director a college president a resources executive

Over the last few weeks I 39 ve been talking by phone to a wide variety of prominent Catholics in California including nbsp Leon Panetta nbsp Gov Jerry Brown nbsp and nbsp three local bishops getting their reactions to ldquo Laudato Si rsquo rdquo This week I 39 m posting some of their r

Over the last few weeks I 39 ve been talking by phone to a wide variety of prominent Catholics in California getting their reactions to quot Laudato Si rsquo quot This week I 39 m posting some of their responses Among those I rsquo ve spoken to have been a number of California rsquo s bishop

Over the last few weeks I 39 ve been reaching out to a wide variety of prominent Catholics in California getting their reactions to quot Laudato Si rsquo quot This week I 39 m posting some of their responses nbsp California Governor Jerry Brown has spent his entire life in public service A

‘This pope has the courage to speak out.’

The path forward can happen only through love and openness to one another.

Reading the encyclical we might ask ourselves, where did all that kid common sense go?