Even in the bleakest winter months, the hope of Easter is always on the horizon. This winter, as another blizzard was lumbering toward snow-banked New England...
Catholic Voices
First-person reflections on scriptural interpretation, theology, and Catholic social teaching.
Though his critics persist, Óscar Romero’s martyrdom has finally been recognized. Just before Robert White was dispatched as U.S. ambassador to El Salvador in...
Black Catholics must challenge their fellow believers to live up to the church’s moral teachings on issues of race. Every February we celebrate the heritage of...
Calling police to deal with people suffering from mental illness is a recipe for disaster. Recent police shootings of African Americans, including a 12-year...
This Lent I decided to borrow from 12-step programs and do a “searching and fearless moral inventory.” Every year I look forward to the solemnity of Lent with...
Our military men and women deserve the best protection, both in and out of combat. In 2011, 28 U.S. veterans filed Cioca v. Rumsfeld, a class action lawsuit...
As the rich get richer, the growing inequality poses a wealth of problems. Last year Oxfam International released the results of its analysis of global wealth...
Certain events in our lives get burned into our memories and become a part of us. Often these events happen at beginnings and endings: births and deaths...
This holiday season, turn down the thermostat and give peace a chance. The season of the prince of peace is upon us once again, yet the world seems aswirl with...
A table in my living room has become a kind of shrine. On it rest photos of people special to me: my grandmother, my parents, my best friend. All have passed...
