‘Moby-Dick’ and the online search for identity August 24, 2020By Brett Robinson Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Uncategorized A million comments and tweets appear every second seeking attention, a kindred spirit, a witness. Each communique from the keyboard of users worldwide is one more shout into the abyss waiting for an echo of acknowledgment.
Grievance and Civil Rights August 5, 2020By John Walsh Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Racial Justice We must reset our bearings as a nation so that our collective future is not just whatever happens next but a conscious pursuit of our national credo: one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Learning to love as God loves July 26, 2020By Father Ed Dougherty, M.M. Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Light One Candle The greater people’s faults, the more difficult it becomes to see the good in them, which is why we must practice this skill in little ways with all those we encounter.
An experience with racial injustice July 15, 2020By Moises Sandoval Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Racial Justice “Since I am doing your work as well as mine and know everything about the accounting system, why can’t I be his boss?”
Cops and Padres June 22, 2020By John Garvey Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Intellect and Virtue, Racial Justice There’s a phrase in Juvenal’s “Satires” that might be translated as “Who will guard the guardians?” That’s the right question to ask for both police racism and clergy abuse.
People call me ‘Father,’ but I don’t have kids June 18, 2020By Father Richard Malloy, S.J. Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary The older I get, the more in awe I am of the witness and self-sacrificial love parents have for their children.
Grief and Protest June 16, 2020By Beth L. Hewett Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Racial Justice Grief is absolutely essential to being human, to being fully alive. When we cannot experience, own and befriend our grief, we cannot sustain our hearts.
Pentecost: Rest In Power June 1, 2020By Deacon Evan Ponton Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary The Church, in the powerful peace and peaceful power of the Spirit, will get her public witness back when she finds her way again like the first disciples to breathe deep and speak fire.
The incredible faith and strength of the maid of Orleans — St. Joan of Arc May 26, 2020By Effie Caldarola Filed Under: Commentary, For the Journey, Guest Commentary Hundreds of years later, she inspires more questions than nearly any saint in history.
Wake up May 11, 2020By Edward Herrera Filed Under: Commentary, Coronavirus, Guest Commentary Now more than ever, we must deepen the relationships around us, which afford us an opportunity to encounter God anew.
A new mom’s glimpse of the Father’s heart May 7, 2020By Connie Poulos Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary, Video Every step, every milestone, no matter how small, is such a joy because I know what it took for my son to get there. Every smile and every hug are a gift, and I’m keenly aware of this since it did not come naturally at first.
Five years after Laudato Si, and 50 after the first Earth Day April 21, 2020By Doug DeMeo Filed Under: Commentary, Environment, Guest Commentary Let this five years’ marking of Laudato Si and 50 years’ celebration of Earth Day impel our desires to know and accept our sacred place like never before.
