NCR Connections: Archbishop Gomez ended 2021 with a speech that denigrated justice movements, but perhaps he could instead learn from such activists — some of whom were runners-up in our Newsmaker of the Year brainstorm.
Labor Day "calls us to deepened solidarity with those who have been labeled 'essential workers' but too often treated as expendable when it comes to the profit margin," Bishop John Stowe said at a virtual Labor Day Mass.
Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: Confronting myths about undocumented workers; billionaire attacks a tax on wealth; remembering a 1917 deportation.
Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: More lessons from the midterms; the Pelosi fight; debt proposals for Puerto Rico get worse; counting white evangelicals.
Michael Sean Winters rounds up political news and commentary: A look into EWTN's world; April 17 was tax day, and tax reforms are in the news again; Catholic University of America cutting faculty positions
Distinctly Catholic: It remains to be seen if Democrats will learn the lessons to be drawn from this congressional race. But Republicans are right to be worried.
Distinctly Catholic: Whatever is going on in conservative circles, if you had been at Seton Hall for Richard Trumka's talk, you would have seen how working-class folk feel about the pope.
Speaking at an event at Seton Hall University celebrating Pope Francis' anniversary and his relation to labor interests, Cardinal Joseph Tobin pointed to himself as ample proof that the Catholic Church has long supported its working men and women.
