Between Epiphany and Mardi Gras, people all over the world eat King Cake. Whether simply because it tastes good or because people love holiday traditions, the King Cake is beloved.
Vance and Trump seem confident in their grasp of Christian ethics, but don't be fooled by all the Catholics in the Cabinet. Their policies are destroying people's livelihoods and lives, and can't be supported by anyone.
This Black History Month, we must turn our attention to the harmful part played by the U.S. Catholic Church, in actions, rhetoric and silence, from slavery to segregation to Trump 2.0.
The Ukrainian people have suffered acutely and many Russian families, who had no gripe with Ukraine, have lost their sons. It might be time to try and end the war, but Trump on the world stage only destroys and dismantles.
In this second conversation for John Dear's "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," Benedictine Sr. Joan Chittister dives into the next three Beatitudes, showing how they call us to radical compassion, unshakable justice and undivided hearts.
As important as elections are, it's critical that leaders and other reflective Catholics pause and consider how these votes are rooted (or not) in broader Catholic principles.
The Associated Press' influential stylebook has become a flash point in the culture wars of President Donald Trump's dystopian America, in a dispute arising from a gimmicky cartographic executive order.
As Trump's comments about taking over the Gaza Strip show, the words change but empire's logic of domination does not. But if we are to follow Jesus, our lives must bear witness to a different kingdom.
