The Catholic Church in California breathed a sigh of relief last weekend when Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed a bill that would have extended the statute of...
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Food is much more complicated than just a necessity of life. However when many of us think of food, our thoughts usually don’t go farther than...
A report this week from the Labor Center at UC Berkeley (Fast food, poverty wages: The public cost of low-wage jobs in the fast-food industry) shows that...
Guest blog As the week-long activities begin in Des Moines, Iowa for the World Food Prize, it might be a good idea if God could intervene. In a stroke of...
For some fans of Vatican II, October 11, the day in 1962 when the Second Vatican Council opened, has been more a day of disappointment than joy of late. After...
Let's get this out of the way. The government is still shut down. But let's talk about some of the other things that happened this week. This is your...
It has been well documented that despite the U.S. bishops’ very vocal opposition to the church being required to provide health insurance that covers...
It’s been somewhat difficult to listen to the news the last couple of weeks, what with the shutdown monopolizing nearly all of the media coverage...
St. Francis of Assisi is quoted for saying, “Preach the gospel. Use words when necessary.” The creationist and Christianity-defending ministry...
Sometimes you never really notice something until it’s not there, right? This happened to me as I recently watched the British crime drama Broadchurch...