What is it about a meal of soup and bread that generates a sense of holiness? Is it its sheer simplicity, that it’s a no-fuss, one-dish, and one-pot meal? The...
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After three days at the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering, hope is the theme that sticks out to me the most. Despite strong opposition to the policy...
I am at the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering this week, learning about the bishops’ policy priorities and getting story ideas from those working in...
Catholic News Service has a troubling story about a forthcoming report on Catholicism in Ireland. The report of the Vatican visitation to Ireland–sent in...
I am going to the Catholic Social Ministry Gathering this week, learning about the bishops’ policy priorities and getting story ideas from those working...
Updated and corrected Feb. 9: Last Friday Catholic news sites around the world started picking up on a statement by German-speaking theologians that is calling...
The 112th Congress began this week with the House turning over to the Republicans and the Senate welcoming six new GOP senators. Many of the newcomers owe...
An old Irish custom—at least my mother told me it was Irish and old—was to put an extra potato in the pot for supper for “the people on the...
The result of last week’s midterm elections does not bode well for the immigrant. While the economy and health care may have been the issues that carried...
Last week Meg Sweas asked if Christians could be Tea Partiers, which got me thinking more about the morality of politics–dangerous territory. Neck-deep...
