Voices

Kathleen Bonnette, Th.D., teaches theology at Georgetown University and the children’s liturgy at her parish. Her book “(R)evolutionary Hope: A Spirituality of Encounter and Engagement in an Evolving World” (Wipf and Stock) will be available in 2023.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Too often the pro-life movement has been tempted into the pursuit of political power and domination over pro-choice opponents. But women worried about their rights are not the enemy.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Pregnancy transforms a woman’s body into one that supports another but nevertheless remains hers. This is too often overlooked in pro-life political arguments.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
The common good requires that every person can contribute their voice meaningfully to the effort of building a just society. That is why Catholics should march for the equal right to vote.
FaithShort Take
For many women religious, the Laudato Si’ Action Platform is an opportunity to be creative, writes Kathleen Bonnette, as well as a way to disprove the alarmist idea that their communities are fading into obscurity.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
It is easy to mock “wokeness,” writes Kathleen Bonnette, but developing an awareness of the realities that others face is relevant to the first step of the pastoral cycle: seeing.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
If “canceling” is a means of banishing to the shadows something that causes discomfort that is precisely what we are doing to migrants at our border.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Georgia’s new voting law should set off social-justice alarm bells, writes Kathleen Bonnette. We should listen to the communities most affected by the new restrictions.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
President Biden called for national unity in his inaugural address, but vengeance is not the way to repair public trust, writes Kathleen Bonnette. Restorative justice is a better way toward flourishing for all.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Tiny pieces of plastic waste, already found at the top of Mount Everest and the bottom of the ocean, may now have a toehold in the human womb, writes Kathleen Bonnette.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
When neither political party fully affirms the principles of our faith, writes Kathleen Bonnette, we must look at the world around us to decide which principles are most at stake.