Recent Editorial

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  Eight Ways to Become a Holy Family

  Dec 28, 2015

  The feast of the Holy Family reminds us that our families are called to be holy, too.

  
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  Going on a diet for the New Year is un-Christian

  Dec 24, 2015

  Right in the middle of the Twelve Days of Christmas we get – well, the feast of Saints Melanie (sic) for one thing – but also New Year’s Day.

  
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  Seek encounter during Year of Mercy

  Dec 23, 2015

  As Western powers mollified national constituencies by increasing air sorties over Syria and as U.S. presidential candidates advocated opening our national doors to only Christian refugees and closing our borders to all Muslims.

  
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  At 79, how is Papa Francesco holding up?

  Dec 23, 2015

  Today (Dec 17), Pope Francis turned 79 years old. Happy birthday Papa Francesco!

  
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  Hope for our poor earth

  Dec 18, 2015

  Twenty years ago, there was some hope that countries would take strong and sensible action to address climate change, just as we had in 1987 when we faced the major depletion of the ozone layer.

  
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  How the Pope is fulfilling a legacy of Vatican II

  Dec 18, 2015

  Attention to the poor was one of the greatest of the bishops’ contributions during the Second Vatican Council — and is a legacy Pope Francis carries forward with impressive force, according to some.

  
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  Pope Francis urges action after Paris climate agreement reached

  Dec 18, 2015

  In his Sunday Angelus address Pope Francis commended world leaders for reaching an agreement in the recently-concluded Paris climate talks, urging the international community promptly put it into action.

  
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  End the Violence

  Dec 17, 2015

  We are still reeling from the vicious attack in San Bernardino, Calif., on Dec. 2. This terrorist-inspired attack at the Inland Regional Center, a state-run facility for developmentally disabled people, was perpetrated by Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik.

  
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  The ecumenism of Creation; still no agreement reached

  Dec 11, 2015

  No unanimous agreement has been reached for a turnabout in pollutant emission practices after the first week of negotiations.

  
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  The scandal of mercy excludes no one

  Dec 11, 2015

  I believe that mercy defines Catholicism. And I define mercy as the willingness to enter into the chaos of another.