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I do not think that he saves many babies with his attitude. It is unlikely that any woman in a vulnerable situation would consider him a safe person to go to, in a crisis pregnancy, or in any other kind of crisis. Read more
I do not think that he saves many babies with his attitude. It is unlikely that any woman in a vulnerable situation would consider him a safe person to go to, in a crisis pregnancy, or in any other kind of crisis. Read more
Sometimes the conflict is not so much a conflict as it is an attack by nihilists on diverse, well-meaning humans simply trying to do their best in the world. Read more
There are many times when staying silent, keeping a middle ground, gives tacit support to whichever group is already in power or achieving dominance. In which case, one is not really taking a middle ground at all. Read more
To be a Catholic of Jewish ethnicity, right now, is to feel rather like Treebeard: to be not altogether on anyone’s side, since no one is altogether on ours. Read more
In one of history’s many bitter ironies, advent season – a time when we prepare to welcome the child Jesus into our hearts and homes – kicked off while the US’s merciless and punitive treatment of refugees intensified. And plenty of Christians got the irony – such as the Massachusetts pastor who caused a stir by setting up his church’s nativity scene with baby Jesus in a cage. Many Catholic organizations and individuals have been involved for a while doing... Read more
Those who have power are usually more interested in preserving the institutional forces that scaffold their power. Read more
Do these people realize what they’re saying? That the US is the kind of nation that kills refugee children. That this is a bad place to be, a dangerous place. That war-torn central American countries are better than here. That we practice unjust violence, and dole out crimes against humanity. Read more
Because this is what I am seeing in so much of American culture today. Not just a love of pleasure or power, not just the distraction of entertainment or the somnolence of satiety. I’m talking about a deadly nihilism, an infatuation with violence. Read more
So, really, there's nothing especially new and out of the ordinary about depicting the Holy Family in a condition of instability and danger. Read more
We need to deal with the problem of clericalism in the church for its own sake, and because it is part of the recipe for cleaning up - but simply letting the laity take greater part will be no cure at all unless we can be sure that those involved have a record of standing with the survivors, rather than covering up for the powerful. Read more
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