How Merton kept the scales of his two vocations, writer and monk, in balance.
Dispatches
A South African Martyr
Benedict Daswa, a layman, was killed for his opposition to the use of traditional medicines.
Domestic Abuse, Death and Lovin’: How Not to Make Socially Conscious Super Bowl Ads
A few hours before the Super Bowl I happened upon some tweets from the Ignatian Solidarity Network opining over the kinds of advertisements they wish we rsquo d see during the game ndash ads about how climate change is real or the need for comprehensive immigration reform They even did some moc
Mercy or Madness? Freeing Eugene de Kock in South Africa
Notorious apartheid-era death squad commander given parole after 20 years behind bars.
Pope Decides Pallium Will Be Given to Metropolitan Archbishops in Home Dioceses
Pope Francis has decided that the public ceremony of investiture of the Pallium on Metropolitan Archbishops will henceforth take place in the prelates rsquo home dioceses and not in the Vatican as has been the case under recent pontiffs He believes that in this way the ceremony quot will greatly f
Dispelling Some Myths About Ferguson – Part 2
Local pastor sees “a very diverse community working together, acting together.”
Cardinal Rodriguez on Christian Martyrdom Today
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
Cardinal Rodriguez: On the need to question capitalism
Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga during the Q & A following his Jan. 20 talk on “The Meaning of Mercy” at Santa Clara University.
Cardinal Rodriguez on Homosexuality and the Church
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
Cardinal Rodriguez on the “Unfree Market”
“They used to say priests do not know of economy. I’d say but we know of humanity.”
