Cardinal Rodriguez on Christian Martyrdom Today

by Jim McDermott January 23, 2015

A final quote from Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez given during the Q amp A after his talk quot The Meaning of Mercy quot at Santa Clara University For the full video of his talk click here The quote below begins at 87 20 For a general overview of the Cardinal 39 s talk click here Some of his ot

View of Vidigal, revitalized slum of Rio de Janiero

Dispatches, Politics & Society

Cardinal Rodriguez: On the need to question capitalism

by Jim McDermott January 23, 2015

Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga during the Q & A following his Jan. 20 talk on “The Meaning of Mercy” at Santa Clara University.

Dispatches

Cardinal Rodriguez on Homosexuality and the Church

by Jim McDermott January 23, 2015

Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga during the Q amp A following his January 20th talk on ldquo The Meaning of Mercy rdquo at Santa Clara University INTERLOCUTOR Given the emphasis on a ldquo Church of Mercy rdquo how might that emphasis affect the pastoral response of the Church to gay and les

Dispatches

Cardinal Rodriguez on the “Unfree Market”

by Jim McDermott January 22, 2015

“They used to say priests do not know of economy. I’d say but we know of humanity.”

Migrants from Guatemala and El Salvador cover their faces with paper masks Aug. 28 before a silent march in Saltillo , Mexico, in honor of the 72 migrants who were killed Aug. 24, 2010, in the Mexican state of Coahuila.

Dispatches

Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga on the Situation in Latin America

by Jim McDermott January 22, 2015

The answer is not migration. The answer is development.

Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga at Bread for the World headquarters in Washington, June 3, 2014 (Bob Rollers/CNS).

Dispatches

Cardinal Rodriguez on Mercy, Divorce, Homosexuality, The Unfree Free Market and the Limits of Vatican II

by Jim McDermott January 21, 2015

Last night at the Mission Church of Santa Clara University in Santa Clara California Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga Archbishop of Tegucigalpa Honduras President of Caritas Internationalis and Head of the Pope rsquo s Council of Cardinals the so-called ldquo Gang of Nine rdquo pr

Dispatches, Faith

Five Facts about California’s Prospective Saint, Junípero Serra

by Jim McDermott January 16, 2015

Serra is known today as the “Apostle of California,” having built in the late 18th century a network of 21 missions that stretched the entire southern half of the state from San Diego to San Francisco.