New Yorkers can be forgiven if they believed homelessness were a problem consigned to the past.
US Politics
Posted inFaith, News
Catholic Charities just opened an immigrant relief center in the Rio Grande Valley
“God asked the church especially to be a sign of his love by continuing to open up a space where our service to one another can be manifested,” Bishop Daniel E. Flores said.
Posted inCurrent Comment, Politics & Society
The United States has a special obligation to take risks for refugees
No civilized society can remain indifferent to the clear suffering of so many at this time.
Posted inCurrent Comment, Politics & Society
Trump has been fuzzy with data. That’s a problem when society relies on trustworthy data from its government.
One of the signs of a functioning democracy is confidence in data from the government.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Will Trump’s success beget a world of Trumpian copycats?
Members of Mr. Turnbull’s government have taken to sounding downright Trumpian in recent days.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
So what’s the Benedict Option really about, retreat or re-engagement?
If we think the Benedict Option is going to be easier than the messy reality of modern parish life, we have not yet seen it clearly.
Posted inFaith
Archbishop of Tijuana: “The last thing we need is another wall.”
Immigration is an ancient and contemporary reality; human beings have always sought better conditions for their lives.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Lakota teens say DAPL victory is ‘history in the making’
“We’re trying to do something for our nation,” says Taylor Charging Crow. “We’re risking our lives. We’re risking our families.”
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
A crucified God, like the attack on Pearl Harbor, is not the status quo.
A crucified God is not the status quo, and it is isn’t made into the acceptable, the intellectually palatable, by the proclamation of the resurrection.
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Army Corps blocks route of Dakota Access oil pipeline
The decision is a victory for the several thousand camped near the construction site.