A Christmas reflection from Europe: What the world is asking of America
Dr. Malcolm K. Oliver on the Christmas contradictions created by American interventionism and a larger spirit of empire at home and abroad.
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United States invades Venezuela, Black Catholics react
President Donald Trump ordered the airstrikes and the abduction of embattled President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, following months of buildup.
Palestinian 'Christ in the Rubble' pastor launches book with Cori Bush, Rep. Rashida Tlaib in Washington
Rev. Munther Isaac's new book, inspired by his church's viral 2023 Nativity scene in the West Bank, was released in late March.
'Dialogue has to happen': South Sudanese cardinal on conflict in the homeland
At the Synod on Synodality, Cardinal Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla of Juba spoke on various issues in his region and the need for continued dialogue.
Poem: THE WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN
Dorothy Dempsey on shifting sands and the void of hope in a troubled American moment.
Never again a repeat of history: The scourge of Trump in an age of war
Dorothy Dempsey on the growing threat of a second Donald Trump presidency amid his continued defiance of the moral order.
Martha Hennessy, granddaughter to Servant of God Dorothy Day, will speak at National Eucharistic Congress
The 69-year-old peace activist moves in the vein of her vaunted ancestor, and was recently invited to the landmark U.S. Catholic event after months of rejection.
Gospel-centered solidarity on the road to Gaza
The New Testament story of the Ethiopian eunuch is well-known for various reasons. Its mention of Gaza is not usually one of them.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. ambassador behind vetoes on Gaza ceasefire, out as XULA commencement speaker
The Black Louisiana native has faced global criticism for her U.N. votes. Student backlash this week has pulled the plug on a graduation address.
Rep. Ritchie Torres brings bill to place antisemitism monitors on college campuses
The young Democrat, largely funded by the pro-Israel lobby, is cosponsoring the COLUMBIA Act with a GOP congressman from his native New York.
Dorothy Day at the 1976 Eucharistic Congress: Work for peace, not war.
A future saint of solidarity speaks from the afterlife on the conundrums of U.S. Catholicism and a pathway toward Eucharistic peace.
Poem: 'NEW BEGINNINGS, PEACE FOR ALL MANKIND.'
The world is a tinder box of matches. The fire is burning strong. As you watch it crackle and burn. You must pause and wonder. When did the fire begin? It seems that there is a new beginning. But there is no peace for all mankind. Listen to the distant
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin hospitalized again, weeks after secret cancer diagnosis
The 70-year-old Catholic retired general was diagnosed with cancer in December—a matter he kept secret until the onset of an infection days later.
Democrat Rep. calls for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to resign
Congressman Chris Deluzio of Pennsylvania is the first Democrat to call for the Black Catholic general to step down over a secretive health crisis.
Ignatian imagination can lead us to solidarity with Palestine.
Daryl Grigsby reflects on the injustice of Gazan suffering the scourge of White Christian nationalist hypocrisy.
As genocide brews, what do Christians owe Christians in the Holy Land?
Nate Tinner-Williams laments the Israel-Hamas War, which has brought harm largely to Palestinian civilians while Western leaders turn a blind eye.