I humbly exhort you to listen to and follow your conscience during these stormy times.
Catholic Social Teaching
Posted inArts & Culture, News
‘Tag’ movie based on three-decade chase game of Jesuit school friends
A group of Catholic high school friends has kept in touch — literally — since graduating more than 30 years ago from Gonzaga Preparatory School in Spokane, Washington.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
As the Earth warms, mosquitoes become a social justice issue. Here’s how.
Catholic health care providers say when those places lack the resources to cope, climate change and mosquito-borne illnesses become issues of social justice.
Posted inFaith and Reason, Politics & Society
How can Catholics help bridge our nation’s racial divide?
Every individual, organization, institution and structure in the church must do something to counter the intensification of the racial divide in our country.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Why Paul Ryan’s ‘economic approach’ to politics clashes with Catholic teaching
The conflict between Mr. Ryan’s libertarianism and his Catholicism rests on rival anthropologies.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Life without parole is no moral alternative to the death penalty
Incarceration serves four purposes: deterrence, incapacitation, retribution and rehabilitation. Life without parole is not necessary for any of them.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Black Lives Matter and Martin Luther King, Jr.: a story of human dignity
Our Mar. 28 guest is Nichole M. Flores, an assistant professor of religious studies at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. We discuss her recent article, “Martin Luther King Jr. and the dignity of the Black Lives Matter network.” We also discuss these articles: Everything you’re hearing about Katy Perry and the L.A. Catholic sisters is […]
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
After the Vatican hackathon, what does Catholic entrepreneurship look like?
The Vatican just held a hackathon. Take a moment to recover from the shock.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Where are the millennial Catholic activists?
Millennials need to acknowledge that our parents’ generation will not be able to lead the way forever.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Canadian Catholics support new office to oversee global mining interests
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops praised the new ombudsperson office, noting it “has called attention to concerns and complaints involving Canadian-based and/or Canadian-registered companies which operate in other countries.”