The shooting of Walter Scott by South Carolina police officer Michael Slager is one event in an ongoing string of police shootings that have dominated...
Peace & Justice
Reported stories and first-person essays about Catholic social teaching and how Catholics are living out the call to work for justice.
I have a friend who is a permanent deacon. He’s a former Marine, and though he is wonderfully kind, he can also turn on his military face and voice to let you...
A traditional Chinese proverb teaches that “women hold up half the sky.” Women also hold up half the church. This truth may have been on Pope Francis’ mind...
A little more than a year into his papacy, Pope Francis seems to be speaking loudest about economic injustice, alternatively denouncing “trickle-down”...
When sexual abuse and homophobia rear their ugly heads, a positive youth sports culture can be part of the solution. Clark Power founded Play Like a Champion...
In youth sports, we shouldn’t just be in it to win it. Sometimes that means parents need to be sidelined so kids can just play. When his daughter was playing...
c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) From the moment news broke that U.S. journalist James Foley had been beheaded by Islamic State extremists in the Middle...
c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) The Moral Monday movement, birthed by activists who protest the actions of the North Carolina General...
We’ve trickle-downed our way to shocking income inequality and a sluggish economy. Now it’s time for a reality check. Sounding Board is one person’s take on a...
Meet the woman who makes Walmart’s low-priced clothes. She works 10-hour days for $103 per month. And her factory is one of the good ones. Amid the bustle of...
