Rosemary P. Carbine is a theologian, author, and associate professor of religious studies at Whittier College in Whittier, California. “Religion, especially...
Peace & Justice
I read our pope’s documents in Spanish to get an intimate sense of what he’s feeling. I also refer to him as Francisco, because as a Latin American and a child...
The authors of Catholic Social Teaching: Our Best Kept Secret (Orbis) lament that contemporary college students, seminarians, and people in the pews know very...
Like the pope’s encyclical letter on creation care, Laudato Si’, the apostolic exhortation Laudate Deum alludes to St. Francis of Assisi and his famous...
Laudate Deum is an astonishing short letter that is part scolding, part warning, part strict urging, and one hundred percent pastoral concern. Clearly a...
Julia Feder is associate professor of religious studies and theology and the director of the Center for the Study of Spirituality at Saint Mary’s College in...
In an exchange last November during a debate on the diminishing merits of liberalism, born-again social Democrat Sohrab Ahmari pointed out that American...
“Hate is never right, and love is never wrong.”–Roman Kent, Auschwitz survivor In September, I visited Auschwitz-Birkenau for the first time. Studying and even...
In 2022, the governor of Texas and other federal agencies stepped up their efforts to address the increase in U.S. border crossings by Central and South...
This essay is also available to listen to as an audio recording. Shortly before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, I traveled to Israel-Palestine as part...
