Catholics need to place our constitutional rights within the context of church teachings on life, marriage, family, healthcare, the environment and, most importantly, conscience, writes Michael Sean Winters.
The church "is not always the exemplary employer" regarding workers' rights and Catholic doctrine, Aimee Shelide Mayer writes. "The U.S. bishops' 1986 pastoral letter, 'Economic Justice for All,' named this directly."
On today's episode of "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," John Dear speaks with Colleen Kelly, who cofounded September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows following the death of her brother on 9/11.
People love to love nuns. Why is it that nuns playing frisbee, or holding protest signs, or simply the imagery of a woman in a veil is so captivating to media consumers, even those who aren't religious?
"Our wonderful pope seems to me to bring the best of our tradition, and the insights of his immediate predecessors, to the Catholics of today, and to make that tradition fresh again," writes NCR's Michael Sean Winters.
That water is a symbol of healing and renewal makes a lot of sense. Most of our human bodies are made up of water, and all other creatures also require water for survival. But we humans can take water for granted.
"After 25 years, our grief has not been eased or vindicated by years of war, or the unbounded, blasphemous increase in military spending," Bishop John Stowe and Charlene Howard write.
