The Demands of Justice
The BBC is reporting that Italy’s highest court of appeals has ruled that stealing food in a situation of dire need is not a criminal act. The court, in its overturning the conviction of...
Catholic Social Teaching for Our World Today
The BBC is reporting that Italy’s highest court of appeals has ruled that stealing food in a situation of dire need is not a criminal act. The court, in its overturning the conviction of...
Vermont is trying to figure out what to do with its homeless population after the pandemic, according to Seven Days reporter Kevin McCallum in an article appearing this week. During the “Stay Home Stay...
A lot has already been written about Jeff Sessions, about his use of a Biblical quote to justify political actions, and about the reasons why he’s wrong. I don’t know that I can say...
December 28th, the fourth day of Christmas, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Holy Innocents. This day has its origins in Matthew’s gospel account of the birth of Jesus and Herod’s reaction to...
Pope Francis has declared this liturgical year, from December 2015 through November 2016, a Jubilee Year of Mercy. And while Catholics worldwide are invited to contemplate and celebrate the Divine mercy we have received...
Another great piece from Vermont Edition on VPR; Thursday, November 19, 2015. Creating Pathways from Poverty.
There was a great segment on VPR’s Vermont Edition yesterday, November 18, about hunger in our state and what is being done to address it. Listen here: http://digital.vpr.net/post/checking-hunger-state
In the words of Dorothy Day, originally published in February, 1940. For the sake of new readers, for the sake of men on our breadlines, for the sake of the employed and unemployed, the...
In reflecting upon the readings for this past Sunday, October 25 — the story from Mark’s gospel about the blind beggar Bartimaeus — America Magazine’s John W. Martens poses the question, “Who do we...
The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has released a statement for Labor Day, 2015, detailing the importance of work and the current state of labor in the US. The majority of jobs provide little...
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