Retired Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Gumbleton has been a member of Pax Christi USA since the national Catholic peace movement's founding in 1972. As Pax Christi nears its 50th anniversary, he spoke to NCR about its impact.
NCR Connections: Through five years of reporting, NCR makes the case that something unusual has developed in the church in the U.S., influencing the conversation on Catholic social teaching and economics.
It was his brother's coming out as a gay man that would free Bishop Thomas Gumbleton from the stereotypes he had. Gumbleton, 89, discusses how to create a more just church and society for LGBT people.
Perspective: My protest was public, yet quite personal. I have seven grandchildren, ages 3 to 13, and want them to grow up in a world without nuclear weapons.
One of the drafters of a landmark pastoral letter from the U.S. bishops that in 1983 offered a "strictly conditioned moral acceptance" of nuclear deterrence says it's time to reevaluate that document in light of Pope Francis' Nov. 10 statement that the "very possession" of nuclear weapons is to be "firmly condemned."
The 1960s and Vatican II compelled Charlie Sullivan to leave the priesthood and pursue social justice; he soon met Pauline Fox, and together as husband and wife they have been lobbying successfully for prison reforms rooted in Matthew 25 for decades.
