“This decision reflects the extent to which the death penalty is racially biased and a broken policy,” said Karen Clifton,
Social Justice
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Bishop McElroy on his critics, mercy for immigrants and the disruption we need.
At the U.S. Regional World Meeting of Popular Movements in Modesto, California, San Diego Bishop Robert W. McElroy electrified attendees with a challenging analysis of this “pivotal moment as a people and as a nation, in which bitter divisions cleave our country and pollute our national dialogue.” He told his Modesto audience on Feb. 18 […]
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Do social justice documentaries just preach to the choir?
Ava DuVernay’s “13th,” a documentary about mass incarceration of African Americans nominated for an Oscar, is full of good words and bad images.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Social justice advocates find support in faith-based organizations
“The diversity of ideas, it takes us farther,” said Bilal Ali, 64, a human rights advocate and organizer.
Posted inEspañol
Confesiones de un católico convertido al capitalismo
El sistema de libre empresa es compatible con nuestra preocupación por los desfavorecidos, escribe un economista y católico converso.
Posted inFaith, Pope Francis Homilies
Pope Francis: Give us the grace to say war is finished
Pope Francis: “war begins in the heart of a person; it begins at home, in the family, among friends and then goes out into the whole world.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Carolyn Woo: Four ways we can strengthen humanitarian aid
The four “S’s” call us to be worthy of the privilege of serving the brothers and sisters God entrusts to our care.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Can you be capitalist and a Catholic in the age of Pope Francis?
In this week’s podcast, Arthur C. Brooks joins hosts Matt Malone, S.J., and Kerry Weber to talk about his provocative article, “Confessions of a Capitalist Convert.” Associate Editor Robert David Sullivan joins to contribute his expertise on politics. In conversation, Father Malone raised Pope Francis’ well known critique of free enterprise, and asked if this critique is […]
Posted inFaith, News
Why my priesthood calls me to resist immigration injustice
For me, the teachings of the Catholic Church are as clear as God’s commands to the people of Israel in Hebrew Scriptures: We are called to welcome widows, orphans, the poor and migrants.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
A Jesuit and a corporate lobbyist: Dreamers strengthen our nation
Repealing DACA would tear apart families and hurt the economy, while ripping the moral fabric that makes our immigrant nation great.