The death penalty is still legal in most states, but little by little, the laws that allow executions are being chipped away. Leroy Wright was forced to endure...
Peace & Justice
Reported stories and first-person essays about Catholic social teaching and how Catholics are living out the call to work for justice.
Ending our reliance on fossil fuels might mean digging deeper to find alternative solutions to our global energy crisis. Sounding Board is one person’s take on...
The tough and tender mercies of women religious transform the most remote and desolate corners of poverty, misery, and heartache. It takes nerves of steel to...
c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) How many voters know that former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is a Roman Catholic? Or that Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is a Southern...
According to Catholic Rural Life, what we eat is a moral issue. How do we use an informed conscience to make moral eating decisions? 1. By placing an emphasis...
The year 2009 was a particularly challenging one for independent farmers like Teri Rosendahl. With the global financial crisis in full swing, small family...
In the last half century, food eaters and food providers in the United States have prioritized food quantity, the “all-you-can-eat” model, over food quality...
We need to weed through the pros and cons of marijuana use before rushing into a decision on its legalization. Sounding Boards are one person’s take on a...
Genetic modification has yielded major changes in the way we grow our food, but concerns are cropping up over whether a bigger harvest means a better—or...
I grew up in the arid West: the land of prairie, tumbleweed, and newly-constructed subdivisions. I remember, as a kid, noticing the paradox between public...
