Migration is a privileged space in which the salvific mystery is being acted out.
US Politics
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Pope Francis buried the hatchet with President Milei. Argentina’s bishops aren’t ready to do the same.
Pope Francis has been managing church-state relations well since Javier Milei’s election, while the church hierarchy in Argentina has kept a cautious and skeptical distance from the country’s new leader.
Posted inFaith, News
Thomas Gumbleton, Detroit Catholic bishop who opposed war and promoted social justice, dies at 94
Bishop Gumbleton became a national religious figure in the 1960s when he was urged by activist priests to oppose the U.S. role in the Vietnam War. He was a founding leader of Pax Christi USA, an American Catholic peace movement.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Remember the immigrants who died in the Baltimore bridge collapse
We don’t know the names of all of the men so far, but the Guatemalan, Honduran and Mexican consulates have acknowledged that citizens of their nations working together in the United States are among the missing and the presumed dead.
Posted inInterviews, Politics & Society
Cardinal Gregory on the synod, social media and the vital role of young Catholics
A conversation with Cardinal Wilton Gregory on synodality, the dangers of social media and the role of young people in overcoming divisions in our church and country.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Movie Club
In ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington,’ Jimmy Stewart has a Palm Sunday moment
An idealist—like Jesus or Jefferson Smith—can be dangerous because he refuses to accept the compromises that form the foundation of their power.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
2024 election advice: Pray for your political enemies.
Do the divisions of politics occupy our focus more than the unity of Christ’s kingdom? This would be a great tragedy for all those who hear and make their own Christ’s desire that all be one.
Posted inArts & Culture, Vantage Point
Los Angeles and what makes a great city
From 1957: Los Angeles is a large city. In some ways it is an important city. But it is not (yet) a great city.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Mother Cabrini is the patron saint of immigrants. Would her story be possible today?
Mother Cabrini became America’s first saint. But was she herself a legal U.S. immigrant? And would her story be possible today?
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
A Wisconsin ruling on Catholic Charities raises the bar for religious tax exemptions
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that exemptions that allow religious organizations to avoid paying Wisconsin’s unemployment tax don’t apply to a Catholic charitable organization.