This interview is an edited and abridged version of Linda Dakin-Grimm’s interview with Jeannie Gaffigan and Mike Lewis on the Field Hospital podcast. Linda...
Peace & Justice
Reported stories and first-person essays about Catholic social teaching and how Catholics are living out the call to work for justice.
As I paced up and down the aisles of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles on a quiet, gray January morning, I found myself transfixed by...
As Christian mystic Howard Thurman noted, the “religion of Jesus” is supposed to be a word of salvation, a way of survival, and a means for creating a...
Auto enthusiasts have designated 2022 the year of the electric car as a rapid conversion from gasoline-combustion engines to battery-powered sedans, SUVs, and...
At first, Molly Burhans thought she’d be a ballet dancer. It had been her dream through middle school, her focus in high school, and her major in college—until...
The new year offers the church and the world a new opportunity to explore a nuanced version of its preferential option for the poor, one that emphasizes a more...
Was it an antidemocratic insurrection, a middle-class white riot, or just a uniquely rowdy tour group? That’s apparently a serious question to many in...
Katie is a 25-year-old single mom of two young children: a preschooler and burgeoning toddler. Living in a small town in rural Pennsylvania, Katie works in...
Not long ago, a well-meaning Catholic leader deeply embedded in social justice initiatives told me that young people would be less hopeless about the climate...
After a winding career path that includes working both as an accountant and a physical therapist along with raising five children, criminal justice reform...