“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.”
Social Justice
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.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Report: Catholic groups among the wealthiest charities in the U.S.
Catholic Charities USA came in at number five, raising about $2 billion in 2015.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Why we need Catholics telling stories in every possible way
So what defines a Catholic novel? I am still struggling with that question. But I know that that which asks most of us is most worthy of us.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
Catholic schools can keep out teacher unions. That doesn’t mean they should.
If a bishop or school system decides to bust the union, teachers have few tools at their disposal to resist.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
South Africa Bishops Urge Government to Reconsider Withdrawal from International Court
The bishops said they were deeply concerned that a South African withdrawal will “influence and encourage other African countries to leave the court en masse.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Financial trouble affects a growing number of U.S. families
“About four in 10 delayed at least one thing like eating, paying bills or medical care or they required financial help—perhaps housing—from friends, family or other sources.”
Posted inCulture, Politics & Society
How Alexander Hamilton defended the rights of Catholics in a young America
When many saw Catholics as untrustworthy citizens, Hamilton argued for their full inclusion as American citizens.