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June 2018

June 29, 2018

“Our Best Hope to Avoid As Much Violence As Possible”

The polarization of American politics is reflected in a like polarization of politics around the...

June 26, 2018

There Is No Immigration Crisis, But There Is a Crisis in The American Catholic Church

There is no immigration crisis on the southern border. That's a lie. There is, however,...

June 15, 2018

“The Christianity of This Land”

The forcible separation of children from their parents has a long history in the United...

June 08, 2018

Love and Citizenship

We ... view our work first as a religious obligation, but also as a practical...

May 2018

May 29, 2018

Balancing the Works of Mercy and the Works of Justice

We are mostly comfortable middle class people exercising a sort of Catholic noblesse oblige, often with...

May 09, 2018

Maritain and the Met Gala 2018

Can you imagine a conference and exhibition at the New York Public Library titled, "Words...

May 07, 2018

Ten Strong Things

Wisdom from the Babylonian Talmud (Baba Bathra 10a). Ten strong things have been created in...

May 02, 2018

Book Review: The Last Christians

The Last Christians: Stories of Persecution, Flight, and Resilience in the Middle East Author:...

April 2018

April 27, 2018

Good News: Priest Out as US House Chaplain

My question is this: Why the hell is a Catholic priest serving as chaplain to...

April 05, 2018

The Mindless Menace of Violence

Fifty years ago today, on the morning after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.,...

October 2017

October 13, 2017

Babylon’s Falling: Recovering an Exilic Christian Consciousness

Babylon is indeed falling. But then, Babylon is always falling, which is to say that...

July 2017

July 14, 2017

Does God Love the Poor More Than the Rich?

On the surface, it would seem so; in Scripture, there are nearly 3,000 verses concerned...

May 2017

May 16, 2017

The Life of “An Apostle of Charity”

Raymond Sickinger, a professor of history at Providence College, has written an impressive new biography...

April 2017

April 26, 2017

Francis meets TED, Talks About ‘Solidarity’

How wonderful it would be if solidarity, this beautiful and, at times, inconvenient word, were...

April 21, 2017

Review of ‘The Reckless Way of Love’

If you have any degree of devotion to, affection for, or interest in Dorothy Day,...

November 2016

November 14, 2016

Shelter From the Storm

The truth is, I'm going to be just fine during the Trump Administration. I 'm holding...

September 2016

September 14, 2016

Passing the Test (for Cynthia)

[An old friend in pain recently emailed me to share some anguish and doubt. (S)he...

August 2016

August 29, 2016

Novena for Peace: August 29 – September 6, For an End to the Injustice of Exploitation

Join us at Novena For Peace! General Intentions: For an end to the injustice of exploitation....

August 23, 2016

Forget Shea. This Guy Has Anger and Tone Issues

The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat. Therefore, whatever they tell you observe...

August 20, 2016

The Novena for Peace Begins Today

Eighty-one days of prayer for justice, peace, and racial reconciliation in the United States. We...

July 2016

July 04, 2016

Turning America Around

In 1976, the evangelical church of my youth celebrated the bicentennial of American independence. Since my dad...

May 2016

May 27, 2016

Junger’s Hunger, And Ours

A couple of years ago, I took some members of a large Rwandan refugee family to a...

May 24, 2016

Preparing for President Trump

What I’m about write is not an exercise in partisan advocacy. I belong to neither...

May 18, 2016

Book Review: “Called to Community: The Life Jesus Wants for His People”

I write today for the purpose of recommending “Called to Community: The Life Jesus Wants...

May 11, 2016

The Fire This Time (Revisited)

This essay is adapted from the original which appeared at Vox Nova on August 23,...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

The Father of Catholic Social Teaching

“Charity is the Samaritan who pours oil on the wounds of the traveler who has...

April 26, 2016

Who Does God REALLY Love?

I have a friend named Trish who frequently corners me after Mass to ask questions...

March 2016

March 30, 2016

Boxed In

A few years ago, my wife and I were assigned a case through our local...

March 25, 2016

Good Friday Through a Mother’s Eyes

Morning. 6:00 am You never really slept last night, and now the ache is settling...

March 23, 2016

The Passion of the Poor

"Ah, the pain, the anguish, the sin and despair, the remorse, at not living as...