Since my birthday, I have prayed that someone would rescue the country I love from chaos and division.
US Politics
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Politics with vigilance, not vitriol: Heeding Cathleen Kaveny’s call
The brutal and bruising campaign of 2016 is finally behind us, but Kaveny’s call for a politics infused with vigilance, not vitriol, has by no means outlived its usefulness.
Posted inColumns, Politics & Society
After a dispiriting election, accepting our not-so-greatness might be a saving grace
At the end of this election year, a time for silence seems sorely needed.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Signs Of the Times
A pledge to protect ‘Dreamers’
Presidents of 27 Jesuit colleges and universities pledged themselves to “protect to the fullest extent of the law undocumented students on our campuses” and to “promote retention of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program” in a statement released on Nov. 30. The pr
Posted inPolitics & Society, Signs Of the Times
Hidden homelessness spikes in a high rent New York
New Yorkers can be forgiven if they believed homelessness were a problem consigned to the past.
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.