It is my hope that the bishops’ campaign inspires not just an intellectual conversion but a religious conversion, propelling American Catholics to fight for a more just economy and a more Christian society.
Social Justice
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Biden awards Sister Simone Campbell Presidential Medal of Freedom, noting her role in passing the Affordable Care Act
Sister Simone Campbell, a longtime advocate for economic justice and health care policy, and late labor leader Richard Trumka received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, in a White House ceremony.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Raw, brilliant and prophetic: Lauryn Hill’s MTV Unplugged concert 20 years later
The music industry didn’t know what do with Lauryn Hill’s rare, self-confessing and Christ-centered performance.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
50 years after a group of Catholic sisters formed Network, the activist group pledges to focus on racial justice
Network, known for its “Nuns on the Bus” campaign, is celebrating an anniversary. But it is not slowing down its efforts toward creating a racially, economically and socially just world.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
As inflation spikes, ‘slum priests’ struggle to help the poor in Argentina
“Slum priests” continue to play an important role in many villas in Buenos Aires, helping these marginalized communities organize for social services and reforms.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
An Amazon site has finally unionized. This Catholic principle explains why the workers won.
The principle of subsidiarity helps explain why labor organizers at an Amazon warehouse on Staten Island were able to build trust and win support from the rank-and-file.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Partisanship is becoming a religion unto itself. How do Catholics respond in the voting booth?
Notre Dame researchers are exploring a surprisingly complex aspect of Catholic life: how Catholics vote. The report focused on the unique pressures and behaviors of “seamless garment” Catholics in making electoral decisions.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
In El Salvador, churches are essential to ending gang violence. But the government’s crackdown could hurt those efforts.
When gang members were asked about what they must do to exit the gang, a little over half said they must join a church or follow God.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
The ‘Great Resignation’ and the spirituality of work
Since the spring of 2021, millions of Americans have left the workforce, and many may not intend to return. Humanity’s complex relationship with work is worth revisiting in light of today’s so-called Great Resignation.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
What makes a parish successful? Hint: It is not a particular liturgical style
What is it that draws so many people to a church’s pews week after week?