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March 2021

March 12, 2021

Immigrants: They Need Us, and We Need Them

They come because most often they and their families are extremely poor, and they cannot...

March 10, 2021

Four Takeaways from Oprah’s Interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex

People are inclined to defend institutions rather than persons, especially when the institution is long-lived,...

March 03, 2021

Catholics Are De-Toxing From their Experiences With Traumatic Religion. How You Respond to them Matters

Do you feel that the work people are doing to recover from religious trauma is...

February 2021

February 26, 2021

How Has the Pandemic Changed Us? Has It Changed Us Enough?

Unfortunately, I fear that as a collective society the pandemic has not sufficiently awakened us...

February 21, 2021

Rush Limbaugh Would Never Have Succeeded In an Ethical Society

Right-minded folks should never have responded to slurs directed against AIDS sufferers, non-white children, and...

February 15, 2021

People are in Therapy to Recover from Religion – We Need to Ask Why

Religion ought to be, not a bulwark for oppressive powers, but a solace for the...

February 10, 2021

We Need to Be Honest When We Talk about Abortion

Our entire conversation about abortion and life ethics needs to change from a culture-war melee...

January 2021

January 31, 2021

Who Speaks for the Church? And Which Church?

We are still not willing to address with brutal honesty how gravely the church, our...

January 19, 2021

Words for Those Feeling Disinherited

Trump’s anti-other rhetoric has had the effect of making hatred acceptable. He has created convenient...

January 17, 2021

Yes, It’s About the White Supremacy

In this case, the first and maybe most lasting images we got cast the “rioters”...

January 14, 2021

Reflections on the Epiphany Insurrection

It is also painfully obvious that the police took much longer to restore order than...

January 12, 2021

Conspiracy Theories, Alternate Reality, and the Perils of Totalitarian Religion

A sacramental imagination should engage us with what is real and present. It should not...

January 08, 2021

Making a Difference: Reflections on Pope Francis’ 2021 World Day of Peace Message

Francis reminds us that the Catholic social teaching principle of respect for the dignity of...

January 07, 2021

A Martyrdom Of Our Own Making

By claiming persecution right now, some Christians have embraced the evil that is being fought...

December 2020

December 29, 2020

What Is Wrong With the Christian Religion?

White supremacists should hate and fear all that the church stands for. Yet look how...

December 26, 2020

We Watch ‘The Snowman’, Christmas 2020

We watched The Snowman again this Christmas, but without my brother and sister being here,...

December 22, 2020

Make a Difference: Proclaim “Good News of Great Joy”

By guest writer Tony Magliano The commercialism of Christmas can easily tempt us to...

December 14, 2020

This Has Been a Test

What will happen if another pandemic comes along – which it likely will – that...

December 09, 2020

In Advent, We Practice Holy Patience – and a Holy Impatience for Justice

During Advent, it is deeply important for us as committed disciples of our Lord to...

December 09, 2020

In the Darkness of Advent, Hope Arises

It seems that true Advent hope only rises as we walk the path from darkness—including...

December 02, 2020

The Jewish People, History, and Mystery

Hope has been proven a lie I have told myself. The history of the people...

November 2020

November 26, 2020

The Economy of Francis – Both Saint and Pope

The hungry, homeless, unemployed, underemployed, refugees, and all destitute fellow human beings desperately need, and...

November 20, 2020

Being Thankful When You Do Not Understand

It is completely fine to not to be completely thankful; thankfulness is a divine thing...

November 14, 2020

The Real Significance of Writing King Lear in Quarantine

We need Lear; we need to be able to rant and rave on a blasted...

November 09, 2020

Voting Out Fascism Is Just the Beginning

There can be no compromise with an ideology that places the demands of the few...

November 02, 2020

Yes, There Is a Place in the Democratic Party for Pro-Life Voters

Faced with the alternative of an administration that has proven itself willing to flout fundamental...

October 2020

October 28, 2020

Does Voting “Pro-Life” Actually Save Lives?

If human life is the thing that you value most, you have to do more...

October 22, 2020

Should We Be Gatekeeping Feminism?

Of course, maybe you are white enough, privileged enough, rich enough, so that Trump's policies...

October 15, 2020

Reality and Unreality: The Questioning of Amy Coney Barrett

We are now all living in the world of Donald Trump. And that world is...

October 06, 2020

“There are *Four* Lights”: Trump and the Gaslighting of America

Trump’s “five-light” propaganda machine broadcasts its message 24–7. Pick any topic, e.g., COVID-19, climate change,...

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