Concern for the environment is often portrayed as a “luxury” issue, a bourgeois issue, compared to concern for the poor. Economists often suggest that care for the environment and “reducing pollution” is a luxury that becomes...
Read MoreSo, I am thrilled. Isn’t it great when the top lead-in to the 5pm hour on All Things Considered is about how the new pope went back to where he was staying and got his own bags, thanked everyone, and paid his own bill?...
Read MoreSome writers whom I respect greatly have taken the occasion of the papal conclave to express a deep sense of frustration about the direction of the Church. My colleague Julie Hanlon Rubio has a very nice engagement with Paul...
Read MoreWhile the Catholic world I live in has been counting down to “sede vacante,” the DC area world I live in has clearly been transfixed by another countdown: to sequester! In case you haven’t heard, and it seems that many Americans...
Read MoreThe following is a guest post from Kari-Shane Davis Zimmerman, who teaches moral theology at College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University. This post’s title is a catchy line from one of several flashy advertisements...
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