Soul Seeing: All of this beauty, whether the mud of Jesus' spit or the clouds of incense or the Sistine Chapel, all of these are outward signs, instituted by God, to give grace. We can be one of those outward signs.
We say: Many of us have perhaps paid limited attention to the regular reports about rising numbers and deteriorating conditions for fellow human beings being held by our government. It's time to stop looking away and to start calling these "centers" or "facilities" what they really are: concentration camps.
NCR Connections: California Catholic initiative points to new ways of engaging with worrisome cultural trends; and the decadeslong, slow-moving implosion of clericalism is accelerating.
