Lies we tell ourselves, when recognized as lies, tend to leave us feeling shocked or emotionally raw. I thought it was not possible for Donald Trump to be elected president, and in the shock that steadily mounted from 5 p.m. Tuesday to 2:30 Wednesday morning, I was forced to recognize that belief as not only… Read More Life after the Election: The Jubilee Year of Mercy was Just Practice
Pope Francis: “I invite all of the institutions of the world to give a voice to all of those who suffer silently from hunger. #ZeroHunger”
Last Tuesday evening, I sat down with a heaping plate full of Chinese food, surrounded by some of my closest friends, ready to watch history be made. Amid the hopeful excitement, a brief thought entered my mind: “What if this doesn’t turn out how I think it will?” As the evening continued and Donald Trump… Read More Politics Alone Won’t Save Us. Let’s Get to Work.
via Vatican News: “Today – he said – the current economic crisis unfortunately fosters attitudes of closure instead of welcome.” “In some parts of the world walls and barriers are being built. It appears that the silent work of men and women who, in different ways, do what they can to help and assist refugees… Read More Pope Francis: The Only Solution to the Migration Crisis is Solidarity
It was a beautiful day. Too nice, if you ask me, for early November in the upper Midwest, but nice nonetheless. US Highway 52 winds north along the west side of the Mississippi River, crisscrossing northeastern Iowa’s rolling hills and the driftless region of southeastern Minnesota. It was the deer opener, so there were plenty… Read More Catholics Down the Road, But a World Apart
Debates are swirling about what the appropriate response is to the election of the willfully ignorant, sexual assaulting, fascist coddling president-elect. The two most compelling arguments I’ve seen argue that our first responsibility is to fight for our democracy and resist reactionary attacks on our institutions and most cherished values. In the Washington Post, I… Read More How to Respond to Trump? Fight for Democracy
via Vatican Radio: Pope Francis on Friday welcomed to Rome more than 6000 people, men and women from various European nations, who have lived, or are even now, living on the street. The Jubilee for Socially Excluded Persons embraced not only the homeless, but also disadvantaged persons and people living in poverty…. All men and… Read More Pope Welcomes over 6000 People Facing Poverty, Homelessness
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