Dignitas Infinita fails to treat women and transgender persons with the basic respect and consideration their dignity requires, writes theologian M. Therese Lysaught.
The event "Do Not Be Afraid: March and Vigil for Human Dignity," commissioned by the Diocese of El Paso, Texas, the Hope Border Institute and others, was about remembrance of the past and protest of the present.
With Earth Day right around the corner, Daniel P. Horan discusses the final book by the late Catholic French philosopher and social scientist Bruno Latour, If We Lose The Earth, We Lose Our Souls.
Dignitas Infinita "is a painful missed opportunity for the church to signal its willingness for dialogue," writes Stephen McNulty. "It didn't have to be this way."
My friend Tom gravitated to those who suffered the violence of war as well as structural violence. His solidarity with the peoples of Central America provides a window into his approach and his courage.
Two things struck Fr. Tom Reese while reading Dignitas Infinita: its new standard for transparency about how it was written, and its emphasis on how long the church has taught on threats to human dignity.
Bishop Thomas Gumbleton listened, and once he had heard something he could not unhear it. That is why he kept returning to the battle zones, the picket lines and the prisons, writes Robert Ellsberg.
