If we are not yet exercising a preferential option for those made vulnerable by a Trump presidency, we must absolutely do so now.
Social Justice
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
How Donald Trump didn’t lose
That comment about “clinging to their guns and Bibles”—maybe that was the beginning.
Posted inCurrent Comment, Politics & Society
Obama offers a welcome opportunity for de-escalation in Dakota pipeline stand-off
Americans might be forgiven if they thought they had put the great pipeline wars behind them with the abandonment of the giant Keystone XL.
Posted inPolitics & Society
Black Catholics bear witness to a gentrified Oakland
St. Columba began celebrating Black Catholic History Month and Kwanzaa alongside the regular events in the liturgical calendar.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Pope Francis denounces the ‘basic terrorism’ of a global economy built on exclusion and war
“We must help to heal the world of its moral atrophy,” the pope said at the World Meeting of Popular Movements.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Los Angeles contemplates a radical investment in housing
Under Proposition HHH, nearly $1.2 billion would go toward 10,000 “permanent supportive housing” units.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
When simple people cause violent social change
“Loving” is film about a lot of things, including two simple people causing violent eruptions across the social and legal landscapes. It is a portrait of America at a particular time and place. So is “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Signs Of the Times
Catholic Caring
Three Catholic charitable organizations that support programs in the United States and around the world rank among the top 100 groups in terms of fundraising.
Posted inFaith in Focus, Politics & Society
What I learned in prison from ‘convict college’
Prisons don’t solve problems. They create problems.
Posted inFaith, Features
James Martin, S.J.: We need to build a bridge between LGBT community and the Catholic Church.
We are all pilgrims on the way, loved sinners following the call we first heard at our baptisms.