For nearly two decades, Nigeria has been struggling to reform its congested prison system. Courts grapple with huge backlogs of cases, compounding delays in the delivery of justice and contributing to prison overcrowding.
Catholic Social Teaching
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Massachusetts bishops urge ‘substantial’ steps to protect environment
Four Massachusetts Catholic bishops warned of environmental red flags documented by scientists and urged a change in behaviors in a Sept. 16 statement calling for substantial changes to safeguard creation.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Bishop Braxton: How to come together in response to the gun violence epidemic
God will not intervene to end the crisis of gun violence without our help, writes Bishop Edward K. Braxton, who offers steps for the faithful to listen, learn, think, pray and act.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Can Marco Rubio help to break the partisan divide over the dignity of work?
The partisan divide over the dignity of work comes down to one question: Where does dignity come from? Do jobs give people dignity, or do people give jobs their dignity?
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Education grants for prisoners are not only practical, they also promote human dignity
A bill to restore Pell grants for those in prison would be an investment in human capital, writes Raymond Moylan, but more importantly it honors the principles of Catholic social teaching and strikes a blow against “throwaway culture.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Can social justice activism go too far?
Over the course of the mid-to-late 20th century, notions of social justice went very, very wrong.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: 13 ‘misfits’ who spoke truth to power
13 stories, each a mini-biography of one of those great souls whose faith in Jesus inspired and necessitated and sustained their work toward a more righteous world.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
I was arrested protesting Trump’s border policies. The Gospel calls us to do more.
Being arrested at a U.S. Senate office building, writes William Critchley-Menor, S.J., was an act of sincere resistance to a state that enforces the horrific treatment of children we have seen in immigrant detention centers.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Pope Francis’s pro-life values probably don’t match your political categories. Here’s why.
While Pope Francis has given special consideration to what some may consider liberal life issues, he has also spoken up strongly and clearly for the more traditional prolife issues.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Was a service to honor nuclear-weapons crews at Westminster Abbey blasphemous?
Senior clerics of the Church of England joined politicians from the nearby Houses of Parliament to give thanks for the United Kingdom’s seaborne nuclear deterrent. A more ill-judged, if not blasphemous, event could hardly be imagined.