For secular Washington, Benedict was the pope of no. For those who listened, Benedict is more the pope of and, connecting charity and truth, faith and reason.
Social Justice
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Repeal the Second Amendment
Though we cannot create an absolutely safe world, we can create a safer world.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
Living with Dan Berrigan
Living in the same Jesuit community as Dan Berrigan–what a privilege to share meals and conversation with this great man an icon of the anti-war movement who was willing to spend time behind bars to assert his opposition to war-related violence and in fact all forms of violence including abortio
Posted inPolitics & Society
Lessons in Mercy: Justice and reconciliation in the aftermath of atrocities
Justice and reconciliation in the aftermath of atrocities
Posted inBooks
Doctor to the Poor
My take-home message from this review is similar to the line I wrote on my book reports in elementary school: I would recommend this book to all my friends. It is a rare experience for me to find a book that sets me on fire, stirs me up and makes me think critically about my […]
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Crusader for a better society
Maurice Isserman the William R Kenan Jr Professor of History at Hamilton College in Clinton N Y has a well-earned reputation as a leading historian of the American political left His specialty has led him to explore the life of the socialist activist Michael Harrington (1928-89).
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
The 10 Building Blocks of Catholic Social Teaching
From the archives: Highlights from a 1998 U.S. bishops’ document on “an essential part of the Catholic faith.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vantage Point
Dr. Paul Farmer: Medicine and liberation theology
How would a health intervention inspired by liberation theology be different from those with more conventional underpinnings?
Posted inPolitics & Society
10 reasons to oppose the death penalty
Even the guilty have a right to life, but that is not the only reason to stand against capital punishment.