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...
Catholic Voices
First-person reflections on scriptural interpretation, theology, and Catholic social teaching.
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...
Want to cast a vote for democracy? Stand up and be counted on Election Day. If you are among the less than 50 percent of registered voters expected to make the...
Let’s stop big corporations from playing hunger games with our food production. As summer fades into true autumn this month, World Food Day (October 16)...
We can borrow Vincent de Paul’s tough questions about how to best help those most in need. Turn away from the new iPhone and toward your neighbor. This is the...
The current wave of child migration really began on our side of the border. The border crisis, a pileup of humanity—including women with children and record...
