Protesters have demanded an end to stay-at-home orders. Public health officials warn that reopening now will lead to more deaths. How do we reconcile this conflict between liberty and the common good? By re-thinking what it means to be free.
Posts in Faith & Politics
A Pilgrimage Through the South: What the Martyrs Taught Me
Ángel Flores Fontánez reflects on his time following in the footsteps of Civil Rights heroes and how we might imitate them today.
Una Peregrinación por el Sur: Lo que los Mártires me Enseñaron
Ángel Flores Fontánez reflexiona sobre su camino siguiendo los pasos de los héroes del Movimiento por los Derechos Civiles, y en cómo podemos imitarlos hoy.
The Common Good and Coronavirus: Time to Re-Think Politics?
Lightning rod Harvard professor Adrian Vermeule proposes a more substantive solidarity.
Not a Trump Rally: Why Catholics March for Life
Faithful Catholics pray and advocate for human rights without sullying their values
Was Qassem Soleimani’s Assassination Ethical? Catholic Social Teaching Can Help
The assassination of one of Iran’s top generals may have prevented attacks on US citizens, but that doesn’t mean it was morally justifiable.
A Young Jesuit Reflects on 50 Years of Social Justice
Matt Ippel, SJ celebrates the Jesuit commitment to “the service of faith and the promotion of justice”, remembers those who have died for it, and is inspired to keep fighting for it.
5 Points for Racial Healing in Bishop Seitz’ Letter on Racism
An invitation to honesty and anti-racism in the face of white supremacy in the United States.
5 Puntos para la Sanación Racial en la Carta del Obispo Seitz
Una invitación a la honestidad y al antirracismo como antídoto ante la Supremacía Blanca en los Estados Unidos
What is Truth? Facebook and Twitter Can’t Decide
As the 2020 election looms, social media negotiates its role in deciding what is true.