The Economic Freedom Fighters party say it will not respect an “illegitimate president” after Mr. Zuma was found to have violated his office by the country’s highest court in 2016.
Social Justice
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The problem of mass incarceration is more complicated than we thought.
Although nonviolent offenders get the most attention from reformers, they account for less than 20 percent of all prisoners.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The manhunt for a martyr’s killers
‘The Assassination of a Saint’ begins like a crime thriller, complete with a criminal manhunt.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Learned on the street: Chicago student finds a way out of college homelessness
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development estimates as many as 58,000 students across the United States—about one in 10—face homelessness at some point during college.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
How can priests preach in the age of Trump—without mentioning Trump?
If parish priests can’t stand up for the poor in this moment, we might as well pack up our Mass kits.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pray for trafficking victims and refugees of all religions, Pope Francis says
“Every effort must be made to eradicate this shameful and intolerable crime (of human trafficking),” Pope Francis said.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
Dorothy Day: Future Saint, Imperfect Parent
Kate Hennessey’s new book is a searingly honest look at Dorothy Day the mother.
Posted inEditorials, Faith
Prophetic, Not Partisan: Why We Need Courageous Preaching about Politics
The Gospel demands more of us—both when we speak and when we listen.
Posted inFaith
Un pont dans deux directions : Inviter la communauté LGBT et l’Eglise catholique à s’accueillir mutuellement avec respect, compassion et délicatesse
Nous sommes tous des pèlerins en chemin, des pécheurs aimés qui répondons à l’appel entendu lors de notre baptême et qui continuons de l’entendre toute notre vie durant.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
Confessions of a Catholic convert to capitalism
The free-enterprise system is compatible with caring for the least of us, writes an economist and convert to Catholicism.