Tag: Catholic Church
Pope Francis’s remarkable peacemaking life
As Francis demonstrated, there's no better way to live life than to practice, teach and promote nonviolence.
How Pope Francis divinized Palestinian suffering: The Gaza Pietà
Although he appealed to international law in this passage, he was pessimistic that war is ever compatible with it.
Progressive Briefing for Monday, August 20, 2018
U.S. prisoners organize massive prison strike, Catholic leaders do damage control, ICE detains a man driving his pregnant wife to the hospital to give birth, and more.
Neither idiots nor useful: Our politically underachieving liberal churches
In suggesting that liberal churches are neither idiots nor useful, I’m purposely implying a stark contrast with churches whose members are useful idiots.
Legalizing divorce: A battle between church and state in the Philippines
The Instituting Absolute Divorce and Dissolution of Marriage in the Philippines Act is being condemned by the Catholic Church citing "social costs" as a result of the bill.
All of Chile’s bishops offer resignations amid sex abuse scandal
They asked forgiveness for the pain that they have caused and the “omissions” committed.
Pope’s senior adviser charged with multiple counts of sexual assault
Numerous victims have come forward in the past few years alleging sexual assault charges against the cardinal.
Unholy Secrets: The Legal Loophole That Allows Clergy To Hide Child...
Clergy-penitent privilege sometimes called “priest or pastor-penitent privilege,” is complicating child sexual abuse cases involving clergy.
“Members of the Jury, You Have Just Found Jesus Christ guilty”:...
“On this Easter Weekend, I would like to focus on a few of the statements made by the Catonsville Nine, as recorded by Daniel Berrigan in ‘The Trial of the Catonsville Nine.’”
Papal Stardom: Triumph of Upbeat Humanism, Skirting Dogma-Driven Culture Wars
The Pope Francis whirlwind has wowed the West with an upbeat Christian humanism. Yet the Pope doesn't come without major contradictions—Is his urge for reform “outside” the church not matching up with that on his home turf?
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NYC releases 170,000 pages of 9/11 air quality records held back for 25 years
The documents settle two lawsuits from survivors and responders who spent decades seeking them.
Houthi seizure of Yemeni port pushes US diesel past $6 a gallon for first...
Saudi oil output has fallen to its lowest level since 1990 as the Iran war disrupts shipping.
Casino workers strike at Encore Boston Harbor after contract talks stall
More than 1,300 Teamsters and UNITE HERE members walked out after voting 97 percent to authorize the strike
Forever War: How 9/11 Unleashed U.S. Violence on Civilians Abroad & Attacks on Rights...
We look at how post-9/11 policies and the so-called war on terror reshaped the country and the world with two Columbia faculty members who convened a two-day symposium on “The Forever War and the First Amendment.” The symposium brought together journalists, scholars, lawyers and activists to explore the legacy of the “war on terror,” specifically focused on the impact on democratic rights, including the freedoms of speech and the press.
25 Years of War Was the Wrong Response to 9/11
Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies tally the trillions spent and the millions killed in the quarter century of war that followed September 11.