Listen on: Spotify | Apple Podcasts Religious nationalism is on the rise, both in the United States and globally. While this poses multiple challenges to...
Church and state
In 1917, Dorothy Day was the victim of political persecution as she joined activists in Washington, D.C. standing outside the White House with picket signs...
In the foothills of British Columbia’s Rocky Mountains, about two miles north of the border with the United States, there is a small commune known as Hardy...
Next Tuesday, November 7, 2017, is election day across America. Because of our places along the spectrum of American voters, Catholics again have a pivotal...
Catholic teachings emphasize that taxes are instruments of social justice and morality. Catholics are obliged to reflect on who gets hurt most by the cost of...
Remember FOCA cards? Catholic officialdom greeted President Obama’s 2009 inauguration by printing cards to be distributed in every pew across the country...
It is long past time for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) to speak out against the evil of today’s racism. The “alt-right” white...
The uniform of college students changes every few years. When I first began my teaching it was bell-bottoms, then dancers’ leg warmers, Uggs, and skinny jeans...
Loosely orbiting the journal First Things, since the late 1980s a handful of Catholic intellectuals have systematically promoted what they believed to be an...
Perhaps this should have waited for the Epiphany. But then I could never wait at Christmas, even as child. I’ve always loved stories of the three kings. In...
