Avoid the “logic of classification” or thinking of faith only in terms of “can” or “cannot”: the time to act is at hand

Pope Francis at Santa Marta: the “logic of classification” is hypocritical and deceitful. In God, justice is mercy and mercy is justice, this is the truth By Domenico Agasso, America…

February 25, 2017February 25, 2017

Doubling down on Lent this year

In NCR this past week Mike Jordan Laskey writes (Feb. 23, 2017): I wonder how the country might change if we Christians doubled down on our Lenten observance this year — not…

February 25, 2017February 25, 2017

The Church doesn’t have a mission: the mission has a church

By Soli Salgado, Ibero-American Theology Conference Focuses on Globalization (Feb 2017), originally published in NCRonline.org Bishop Raúl Biord Castillo of La Guaira, Venezuela, one of two papal delegates who are to…

February 25, 2017

Insuring a rapid and just transition away from fossil fuels towards clean energy must remain a global priority

By Bill McKibben, cross-posted from Common Dreams, “From Faith to Action: Fossil Fuel Divestment More Vital Than Ever: Insuring a rapid and just transition away from fossil fuels towards clean…

February 21, 2017February 21, 2017