Every self-styled “patriot” who stormed the Capitol yesterday disgraced the legacy of American activists and soldiers.
Social Justice
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vantage Point
From 1993: The Flight to and from Thika
In this 1993 piece, James Martin reflects on the realities of refugees he met in Thika, Kenya.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Does it matter if a charity calls itself ‘Catholic’? The church in Montreal faces a question at the heart of its mission
“The church cannot withdraw from the field of charity.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
A Covid-19 vaccine has finally arrived. Prisoners must be prioritized.
Catholic social teaching proclaims all life is sacred and that the morality of a society is judged by how it treats its most vulnerable members.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Ita, Maura, Dorothy, Jean: The legacy of 4 missionaries murdered in El Salvador 40 years ago
The four churchwomen chose to stay and to suffer, as St. Romero had once said, “the same fate as the poor.”
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis to judges: There cannot be true social justice amid deep inequality
Guaranteeing justice for all men and women is not possible while a few people control most of the world’s wealth and everyone else’s right to a dignified life is disregarded, Pope Francis said.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Don’t wait until you’re dead. Giving while living is the most effective kind of philanthropy.
Chuck Feeney donated the last of his fortune this year, writes Mary Beth Powers of the Catholic Medical Mission Board, and set an example for others to act now rather than later.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Dear White Catholics: It’s time to be anti-racist and leave white fragility behind.
It is important to feel guilt and shame over racism in order to overcome it.
Posted inFaith, GoodNews
Inclusive prayer service for people with disabilities marks 30th anniversary of the A.D.A.
An New York City parish organized a fully accessible prayer service for people with disabilities, who even in the church are often forgotten on the margins.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Dorothy Day’s granddaughter sentenced to prison for nuclear base break-in
Martha Hennessy, a granddaughter of Dorothy Day, the founder of the Catholic Worker movement, was sentenced Friday (Nov. 13) to 10 months in prison for breaking into Kings Bay Naval Base in Georgia.