Father Bryan Massingale says that our national inability to confront the social outcomes of racism is a “spiritual cataract.”
Social Justice
Posted inFaith, Signs Of the Times
Bishop McElroy Calls for a Practical ‘Apology’ to L.G.B.T. Catholics
The pope’s call for Christians to offer an apology to gay and lesbian people, issued during his flight back to Rome from Armenia on June 26, was carefully welcomed by Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego. “I think it opens up a very helpful pathway to dialogue and, hopefully, healing,&rdqu
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis’ case against the death penalty
“‘You shall not kill’ has absolute value and applies to both the innocent and the guilty.”
Posted inFaith, Generation Faith
How I kept my faith amid Egypt’s crackdown on Copts
I watched as Egyptian state forces ran over peaceful Coptic protestors with military vehicles.
Posted inEditorials, Faith
Dan Berrigan lived the Gospel as if it were true
Daniel J. Berrigan was one of the most influential Catholics of our time.
Posted inFaith, Signs Of the Times
Daniel Berrigan: poet, priest, prophet
Daniel Berrigan, the Jesuit priest and acclaimed poet who for decades famously challenged U.S. Catholics to reject war and nuclear weapons, died on April 30. He was 94. He was a Jesuit for 76 years and a priest for 63 years.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
The peacemaking legacy of Daniel Berrigan, S.J.
Berrigan undoubtedly stands among the most influential American Jesuits of the past century.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
A Man of Peace: Recalling the life and legacy of Daniel Berrigan
Remembering Dan Berrigan: priest, poet, prophet, antiwar activist, disturber of the peace—and giver of retreats.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Should college be free for all?
A college education today is not a luxury.