Clericalism and consumerism might seem quite different problems, but it can be argued that they share a common root: power without accountability. Accountability to the people the leaders “serve,” or…
Money, comfort, power. These are the idols of every age. Especially our own. Our society proclaims equal rights and dignity for all human beings. Yet it practices and tolerates inequality. It…
by Rev. Paul Lansu Senior Policy Advisor, Pax Christi International [Ed. Note: This is the eighth in a series of reflections throughout Lent from Rev. Paul Lansu. Reflections on the…
Excerpt from LaCroix, April 17, 2019: The Risks of History: Does the Church Do Paradigm Shifts?, By George Dennis O’Brien. In April 2018 Villanova University sponsored a high-level conference on…
Washington, D.C. – Franciscan Action Network (FAN) decries the decision by Attorney General Barr to deny a large class of asylum seekers a bond hearing to argue for their release.…
Each Sunday, we join together as a parish in prayer for people struggling with poverty, refugees and immigrants, an end to violence, and many other social justice concerns. This moment of communion…
Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral…
By Eric Hodgens, a senior priest in Melbourne, Australia, La Croix, April 2019 A monarchical organization, powered by ideology, with promotion by patronage results in bad governance. The Catholic Church…
