The Poor Get Poorer
First, a heartwarming story out of Boston. Glen James, a homeless man in his 50s, was walking through a parking lot when he noticed a…
read moreSyria: How Can We Fix This?
Pope Francis caught even BuzzFeed’s attention over the weekend when expressing his views on possible foreign intervention in Syria via Twitter: War never again! Never…
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Christian Persecution in Today’s World
Rowan Williams, the erudite former Archbishop of Canterbury, lamented that some Christians in the United Kingdom, the United States, and other Western nations claim “persecution”…
read moreOn Race, A Divided Church
I was at a restaurant in the H Street corridor, a so-called up-and-coming neighborhood in northeast Washington, D.C., a couple weekends ago. Edison bulbs hung…
read moreReimagining the ‘Fortnight’
This summer, Catholic bishops in this country are again devoting the 14 days prior to the Fourth of July to their “Fortnight for Freedom” campaign.…
read more“Meet one another there.”
Pope Francis was the fifth most discussed topic on Reddit a few weeks ago. Reddit is the online cool-kids-table, where it seems that everything we…
read moreStepping Outside the Cycle of Violence
I was talking to a friend last week when I asked, “You’re opposed to the death penalty right?” It was less of an inquiry than…
read moreFallout and Forgiveness in Boston
Tomorrow marks two weeks since law enforcement officials captured suspect number two, cowering in a boat, hidden by a tarp, and bleeding from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his neck. The night prior, the suspect’s older brother was killed in a firefight with police.
read moreEnvisioning Radical Hospitality for All
Notice a proliferation of red on Facebook last week?
Many of your friends, and perhaps you yourself, may have changed their profile pictures to a red equals sign, showing their support for same-sex marriage as the Supreme Court heard arguments in two pivotal cases. Tuesday, the justices listened to arguments surrounding California’s law that banned same-sex marriage there, known as Prop 8.
Circling Up To Protect the Poor
As Congress struggles with how to create a national budget, and with hundreds of billions of dollars of cuts to the military, federal agencies, and social service programs looming, a group of religious leaders released a letter this week reminding elected officials of their duty to the poor and marginalized.
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