A scholarship program in Belize funded by U.S.A.I.D. gave me an incredible opportunity to change my life for the better. I saw it as proof that the United States was practicing love toward its neighbors.
Short Take
Posted inArts & Culture, Short Take
March Madness 2025: A guide to all the Catholic teams in the tournament
Who will win it all? Probably not a Catholic school, but hope springs eternal.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
This Lent, I’m fasting to focus my prayers on people living with AIDS
I am well aware of the dangers of “raising awareness” and making a show of one’s fasting. But I am telling people about this publicly so that they can consider whether Pepfar is something they would like to fast over.
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The California wildfires remind us to consider people with disabilities in emergency preparedness
Even during ordinary times, a lack of inclusive transportation can mean missing essential health appointments; during an emergency such as the California wildfires, it can be fatal.
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No one wants peace more than Ukrainians. But we cannot ignore evil and injustice.
Some voices advocate for immediate peace in Ukraine at any cost, but the world—and both political and religious leaders—must reject the illusion of a pacifism that ignores the harsh realities of evil and injustice.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Men and boys are lost. The Catholic Church can give them a better model of manliness.
The “manosphere” calls for more testosterone, more spectacle. But servant leadership, embodied in Catholic men’s groups past and present, encompass the fullness of human experience.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
Cut back on social media for Lent—and then for the rest of the year, too
Give up the “futile distractions” of online life. Abstinence would benefit your mental health and your pocketbook, as well as the larger community if enough of us did it.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
4 areas where Trump and Catholics might find common ground on immigration—in principle
Areas for possible dialogue between the church and the Trump administration included anti-human-trafficking efforts, the status of Dreamers and the right of a nation to control its borders.
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Faith groups sued the Trump administration for its immigration policies. Church leaders should support them.
More than two dozen Christian and Jewish denominations have sued the Trump administration’s to stop ICE agents from making arrests in churches. Solidarity requires us to do more to help the vulnerable.
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The future of the G.O.P. and the working class: What Trump’s cabinet pick tells us
President Trump has nominated Lori Chavez-DeRemer, a former congresswoman backed by unions, as secretary of labor. Is it a sign of an improved relationship between labor and the G.O.P. ?