Laudato Si’ (On Care for Our Common Home) is often referred to as Pope Francis’ “environmental” encyclical. Indeed, the contribution...
Catholic social teaching
Discover how Catholic social teaching informs real-world action—from economic justice and migration to ecology, peacebuilding, and community life.
On the morning of March 20, 2020, my wife fainted in the bathroom. She was five weeks pregnant. I arrived just in time to grab hold of her, thus preventing her...
You can be forgiven for not noticing it, but the nuclear bomb became a global outlaw in January. No ticker tape parades followed after this sudden outburst of...
America, we have a gun problem. Gun violence continues to speak louder than our love for one another. How could we forget the brutal assassinations of Medgar...
I write this in the month of January, at the turn of the calendar and the beginning of a new year. When you read this, we will be in the beginnings of new...
A lonely leftover phone booth stands on a street corner in Portland, Oregon. When a street person feels so inclined, he or she can use the one-time pay phone...
Have you ever played Monopoly; you know that quintessential American game about buying properties and amassing wealth? The website Teaching Tolerance offers a...
I’m writing this article in the room where I spend all my time now. A faux snake plant from Target perches directly to my left on a wire storage shelf that I...
When Mary and Joseph found themselves expecting a baby, they had one thing in common with modern families: They knew whether they were awaiting a boy or a girl...
Growing up, all Samatha Power wanted to be was a sports journalist. Her path, however, as anyone who has followed the career of the former U.S. ambassador to...
