Paul Ryan, Poverty, and Catholic Social Teaching, Yet Again
This past Monday night, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan addressed a town hall in his home state of...
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Challenging a Culture of Thinness
Wow! You look so skinny! Let’s be clear. I do not look skinny. I am in the third trimester of my...
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20th Sunday: A House of Prayer for ALL Peoples
Is 56:1, 6-7; Ps 67; Rm 11:13-15, 29-32; Mt 15:21-28 Today’s Gospel tend to tie interpreters up in...
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Remembering Our Past, Securing a Just Future: On Confederate Graveyards and the Wisdom of Christian Ethicists
In June I had the opportunity to visit a confederate cemetery in Point Clear, Alabama. I was there...
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You Should Read This: This Is How It Always Is
I am a huge fan of reading fiction, not only for the pleasure factor, which is high for me, but...
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White Christians in a Racist Country: Rupert Mayer, Pray for Us
Last summer I had the opportunity to visit the tomb of Rupert Mayer, a Jesuit priest who was a...
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19th Sunday in Ordinary Time: God is Not in the Storms
Readings: 1 Kgs 19, Rm 9:1-5, Mt 14:22-33 We live in stormy times. Often enough in the Bible, when...
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A Response from the Church to the Opioid Epidemic
The county where I live has been hit hard by the opioid epidemic. In 2014, there were 87 deaths...
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When Human Dignity Becomes Human Divinity
Gilbert Meilaender’s recent Commonweal piece, commenting on a disturbing “death with dignity”...
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The Price of Mercy
Mark Singel, who served as lieutenant governor and, temporarily, acting governor of Pennsylvania...
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