The poor, minorities and disability activists are the most vocal opponents of assisted suicide.
Catholic Social Teaching
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Activists seek immediate halt to Algonquin pipeline near NY’s Indian Point nuclear plant
Activists are demanding that the New York Senator take a stand against the Algonquin natural gas pipeline.
Posted inColumns, Politics & Society
Why are Catholics so good at creating co-ops?
Business, too, is a kind of formation, for better or worse.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
With gratitude for two life lessons from Dan Berrigan, separated by decades
Father Berrigan’s quote reminded me to make my mark based on hard work and decency—through a commitment to do my best, rather than a hunger to get ahead.
Posted inFaith, Of Many Things
We will need more Dan Berrigans to combat injustice in the future
Daniel Berrigan knew any true encounter with God will scandalize us, destabilize us.
Posted inFaith, Signs Of the Times
Daniel Berrigan: poet, priest, prophet
Daniel Berrigan, the Jesuit priest and acclaimed poet who for decades famously challenged U.S. Catholics to reject war and nuclear weapons, died on April 30. He was 94. He was a Jesuit for 76 years and a priest for 63 years.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
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.
Posted inPolitics & Society
Paul Ryan: We can do better in the fight against poverty
Paul Ryan: There is a lot of untapped potential in this country; I have seen it firsthand.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
We are one body: Catholics raise voices against the use of solitary confinement
Catholics raise voices against the use of solitary confinement.
Posted inFaith, Washington Front
Pope Benedict’s greatest disconnect from U.S. elites wasn’t about sex. It was over economic justice.
For secular Washington, Benedict was the pope of no. For those who listened, Benedict is more the pope of and, connecting charity and truth, faith and reason.