Over at America, Bishop Robert McElroy has a new article “A Church for the Poor” that is a must read for all followers of our blog. An Auxillary Bishop of San Francisco, Bishop McElroy draws our attention to Pope...
Read MoreA week has passed since we, as a nation, celebrated the prophetic voice and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Part of facing that prophetic voice is to face the many ways in which racism continues to plague and cloud our...
Read MoreLast week, in my post American Scandal & Disgrace: the Criminalization of Poverty, I highlighted the ways our social structures treat poverty itself as a crime. Within our public discourse and our unspoken social mores,...
Read MoreIn 2008, Bishop Girotti, head of the Apostolic Penitentiary, released a list of “Seven Social Sins,” including three economic social sins: excessive wealth, creating poverty, and contributing to the widening gap...
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