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Do you hear the cry of the poor? Liberation theology today

Friday, February 10, 2012
By Online Editor
Do you hear the cry of the poor? Liberation theology today
Though it grew up in Latin America, liberation theology continues to have lessons for the faithful north of the border.  People who think of "liberation theology" as a 1960s fad should get to know Fordham University Professor Michael Lee, one of a new generation of Catholic theologians.
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Admission impossible: Preferential option for the poor at Catholic colleges

Friday, February 3, 2012
By Online Editor
Admission impossible: Preferential option for the poor at Catholic colleges
Catholic colleges and universities fall behind their secular counterparts in an effort to recruit, accept, and keep poor students.Many Catholic colleges and universities boast uplifting stories about reaching out to promising students from disadvantaged backgrounds. As a professor at St.
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Unbalanced diet: Global poverty and obesity

Friday, January 27, 2012
By Online Editor
Unbalanced diet: Global poverty and obesity
Our eating binge is purging the developing world of access to healthy foods.In a world of want where 1.4 billion people are struggling to survive on $1.25 a day, the No. 1 global health problem related to food is now obesity.
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Performance review: Readers rate President Obama

Tuesday, January 17, 2012
By Online Editor
Performance review: Readers rate President Obama
U.S. Catholic readers provide a progress report on Barack Obama’s first term in office. Since Day 1 of his presidency, Barack Obama has had a rocky relationship with Catholics. His invitation to be honored at Notre Dame’s 2009 commencement sparked widespread criticism of the university and a questioning of its Catholic identity. He received encouragement from the U.S.
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Stay of execution: Abolishing the death penalty

Friday, January 13, 2012
By Online Editor
Stay of execution: Abolishing the death penalty
With a common commitment, Catholics could make the death penalty a thing of the past.The first time I felt certain of my opposition to the death penalty was, oddly enough, after the execution of a man I knew to be guilty, a mass murderer who had admitted his crime and shown no remorse: Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber who killed 168 people on a spring afternoon in 1995.McVeigh had not sou
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Capitol gains: New strategies in the pro-life movement

Saturday, December 10, 2011
By Online Editor
Capitol gains: New strategies in the pro-life movement
New strategies are paying off for the pro-life movement.Last year a bill came before the Ohio state legislature that held the potential for the biggest pro-life victory since the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision.
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Of human bondage: Modern slavery

Wednesday, December 7, 2011
By Online Editor
Of human bondage: Modern slavery
"How oppressed exactly do workers have to be before we consider them slaves?
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Resources: How to invest faithfully and responsibly

Friday, November 4, 2011
By Online Editor
Resources: How to invest faithfully and responsibly
Here are some links to get you investing with some social responsibility.As You SowNews on socially responsible investingBusiness & Human Rights Resource CentreTracks both positive and negative impacts of more than 5,100 companies worldwide Christian Brothers Investment ServicesThe Forum for Sustainable and Responsible InvestmentResource-rich site with charts comparing SRI mutual funds perform
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Parishes: Let's stop ignoring domestic violence

Friday, October 14, 2011
By Online Editor
Parishes: Let's stop ignoring domestic violence
It’s time for parishes to help battered spouses and their children step out of the shadows and get the assistance they need.Not long ago Juan and Carmen came to see me to register for the baptism of their third child. I had officiated at their wedding 10 years before.
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Work hard, pray hard: On Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton

Monday, October 10, 2011
By Online Editor
Work hard, pray hard: On Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton
The friendship of two spiritual giants reveals two remarkably different paths to the peace of Christ.Few have written authoritative biographies of the 20th-century spiritual giants Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker, and Thomas Merton, the celebrated Trappist monk and writer. Fewer still knew them both.
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