Michael Harrington
Harrington thought that “the vocation of a radical.. is to walk a perilous tightrope.. to be true to the socialist vision of a new society…constantly develop and extend its content…and…bring…
Synodality is a radical rejection of a whole culture in which the clergy know what’s best and the role of the laity is simply to “pray, pay and obey” Clerics are not the only ones being called to give up behaviors that benefitted them; the laity are called to embrace an empowerment conferred on them by Baptism.
By George Wilson | United States, May Commonweal and LaCroix Recent commentary on the subject of Pope Francis’ support for synodality has moved me to rummage around among memories of…
Synodality: The pope has invited the universal church to consider a different way of organizing itself and meeting its challenges
The pope has invited the universal church to consider a different way of organizing itself and meeting its challenges. The model of papal monarchy that has been so pronounced in…
Excerpt from Ilia Delio and Richard Rohr, June 4, 2021 …change is integral to life. We are becoming something that is not yet known. To live in evolution is to…
“Building the Religious Left” Conference Videos Online
On April 24th and 25th, we welcomed the largest gathering of the multifaith religious Left in DSA’s history, perhaps in U.S. history, where we committed ourselves to working within our…
The Revelation of Shavuot: Covenants of Solidarity
Our blog this past month featured DSA member and incoming rabbinical student Lili Mandl writing on “The Revelation of Shavuot: Covenants of Solidarity:” “Reading the Book of Ruth each year…
Action Based in Oneness
Center for Action and Contemplation, Richard Rohr, 5/27/21 We must proclaim the truth that all life is one and that we are all of us tied together. Therefore it is mandatory…
Never Again? Lessons from the Holocaust apply to China’s Uyghurs
By Elizabeth M. Lynch, Commonweal, May 25, 2021 Foreign Affairs China Ethnic Uyghur women wave flags during a protest in Istanbul, October 1, 2020 (CNS photo/Murad Sezer, Reuters). One of the…
