The current political climate, with its debates over hospitality, generosity and human dignity, makes me sick to my stomach. Are we still the mighty woman with the torch, welcoming the tired and poor?
Why snuff out sisters' witness by reducing them to simple dates of birth, entrance into religious life, and death? A writer shares some challenges and successes she's encountered in telling their stories.
This year, some Catholic parishes chose to honor a group of people whose presumed demise is at odds with the cheerfulness of Mexico's Day of the Dead celebrations: the disappeared, most of whom are poor.
In Mexico City, surrounded by strangers with costumes and painted faces in the midst of one of their most exuberant celebrations, I felt something I had missed in the United States: connection.
This week on "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," John Dear speaks with Sr. Simone Campbell, a well-recognized voice, organizer and leader for social and economic justice in the U.S.
