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Debates about immigration policies and reform continue to rage. Consequently, op-ed pieces, books, and reports on this contentious topic appear daily. These materials focus mostly on the legal and ethical battles surrounding raids on immigrant work places and homes, as…
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Tags: academic performance, alien costume, anxiety, arrest, asylum, Children, citizens, Community, crime, debate, deportation, detention, Drugs, Education, extended family, Families, Family, fear, federal government, government, haiti, haitian immigrants, haitians, holistic, Housing, Immigrant, immigrants, Immigration, immigration policies, insecurity, living wage, Migrants, neighbor, neighborhood, Poverty, racist, Schools, stereotype, stereotypes, streets, suffolk county new york, Temporary Protected Status, United States, Urban, urban institute, wages
In a recent interview with Commonweal magazine, renowned Catholic theologian David Tracy argued that theological discourse, with its accompanying jargon and disputes about certain doctrinal assertions, is “not the key to religion.” Essential to religion, according to Tracy, is the…
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Tags: absence, Bible, biblical, Catholic, Catholic social teaching, Christ, Christian, Christianity, commonweal magazine, compassion, david tracy, discourse, doctrines, dogma, faith, followers of jesus, fundamentalists, God, Gospel, harvard, harvey cox, hebrew, History, history of christianity, holistic, identity, infallible, inspiration, interpretation, Jesus, Jew, justice, law, litmus test, lost in translation, marginalized, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, Poor, Religion, Religious, religious identity, resurrection, righteousness, Scripture, scriptures, social gospel, social justice, solidarity, theodosius, theologian, transition
Upon learning of the ruinous earthquake that leveled most of Haiti, my wife and I felt sadness and horror, as well as concern for the affected, their families, and friends. Having taught in a predominately-Haitian high school in Miami’s Little…
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Tags: abject poverty, aid efforts, Catholic, catholic charities, Catholic social teaching, Christian Broadcasting Network, Christianity, comments, compassion, corruption, Despair, donation, earthquake, evangelist, french colonists, haiti, haitians, Health, island of hispaniola, Jesus, justice, marginalized, neighbor, oppressed, Poor, Poverty, poverty line, President Obama, Prophetic, protestant, relief efforts, Religious, republic dominican, roman catholic, social issues, solidarity, televangelist, unemployment, United States, wealthy, western hemisphere, White
Tags: Anglicans, Benedict XVI, catholic church, catholic hierarchy, Catholic social teaching, catholic tradition, Catholicism, Catholics, Christ, Christianity, church, Conservative, conservative anglicans, corruption, european convention on human rights, european court of human rights, hierarchy, identity, Jesus, liberation theologian, Liturgical, Liturgy, marginalized, national catholic reporter, oppressed, oppression, Pope Benedict, pope benedict xvi, pray, priest, public classrooms, Religious, Religious Freedom, school, secularists, society of st pius x, symbol, theologian, tradition
Marvin Gaye once sang, “Oh, mercy mercy me/Oh, things ain’t what they used to be/No, no/Where did all the blue sky go?/Poison is the wind that blows/From the north, east, south, and sea/Oh, mercy mercy me…” This song came to…
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Tags: arroyo barril, barges, coal ash, contaminants, Corporations, deformities, domincan republic, Economic, economy, Environment, Global, Globalization, guilt, injustice, International, justice, marginalized, marvin gaye, Media, miami herald, multinational corporations, neighbor, oppressed, pollution, Poor, poor areas, Privilege, social injustice, world economy
President Obama and his administration were busy this past Friday. The president signed into legislation The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act, which according to CNN.com, “authorizes a 5 percent annual increase in federal support over the next four years.…
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Tags: Africa, AIDS, aids treatment, America, Children, denzel washington, george w bush, government, HIV, hiv aids, Homosexuality, legislation, malaria, President Obama, ryan white, stigma, teaching, United States, Washington
For many in the US, Halloween is a time to dress-up as a character from a movie, a politician, a witch, vampire, and… alien looking-like immigrants. According to a CNN report, “The ‘Illegal Alien Adult Costume,’ manufactured by Forum novelties,…
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Tags: Africa, alien mask, alien monster, aliens, attack, bigotry, ethnic, fear, green card, handlebar mustache, hate crime, hatred, human, Human Rights, Immigrant, immigrants, invasion, Media, Mexico, Migrants, neo nazis, oppression, orange jumpsuit, prison garb, Race, racist, stereotype, stereotypes, target, Violence, xenophobia
November 8, 2009 will mark the one-year anniversary of Ecuadorian immigrant Marcello Lucero’s brutal murder at the hands of seven high school teens in the infamously anti-immigrant Suffolk County, New York. Unfortunately, it took the death of one human being…
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Tags: Africa, African Americans, Civil Rights, Civil Rights Movement, Community, death, Diversity, fears, hate crime, hate groups, hatred, Immigration, immigration reform, immigration status, injustice, Latino, Law Enforcement, law enforcement agencies, lucero, Martin Luther King, Migrants, murder, myth, Native Americans, police, Race, Rev. Martin Luther King, southern poverty law center, suffolk county new york, victim
As a struggling Catholic, the uproar and division caused by conservative U.S. Catholic groups (with the blessing and help of conservative bishops), has not helped me on my journey to attempt to follow Jesus’ teachings within the Catholic tradition. The…
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Tags: Abortion, Benedict XVI, Capitalism, cardinal newman society, Catholic, Catholic Bishops, catholic church, Catholic social teaching, catholic tradition, catholic voters, Catholicism, Catholics, commencement speaker, communion, Conservative, conservative bishops, Conservatives, contraception, controversy, death penalty, economic justice, economic system, Economics, Edward Kennedy, Environment, environmental destruction, infallible teachings, Jesus, john paul ii, Latin America, Liberal, marriage, morality, Notre Dame, Orthodox, Orthodoxy, party, peace, Pope Benedict, pope benedict xvi, Poverty, President Obama, Republican, sexual morality, sin, tradition, university of notre dame, War
As debates rage over the proposed health-care reform (which I strongly support), I believe many politicians, activists, religious leaders, and ideologues are missing an essential point. We need a complete overhaul in the way medical and pharmaceutical professionals perceive biology…
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Tags: Africa, AIDS, biological mechanisms, Catholic, Catholic social teaching, compassion, conventional wisdom, culture, fritjof capra, healing, Health, health-care debate, HIV, holistic, holistic physicians, Hope, human person, Jesus, marginalized, medical profession, medical professionals, medicine, modern science, patch adams, pharmaceutical professionals, physiological symptoms, power, Religious, science
Throughout history, individuals and institutions have cited the Bible to support injustices, such as “holy war” against infidels, the subjection of women, racism and slavery, and the abuse of homosexuals. Misreading the Bible can have serious consequences.
Scholars in academic settings…
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Tags: abuse, adam and eve, Bible, biblical, biblical scholars, book, Catholic, catholic seminaries, Catholic social teaching, church, comments, context, creation, critical method, divinity schools, genesis, God, hebrew scripture, heresy, heretics, historical context, History, holy war, injustices, interpretation, interpretive framework, literary style, lost in translation, manuscripts of the bible, metaphor, myth, narrative poem, philosophy, Poetry, Religion, Schools, Scripture, scriptures, seminaries, Story
Though it has been two weeks since Michael Jackson’s death, the world continues to mourn and to monitor news sources for the latest developments. As a fan of Jackson, I too was shocked when he died, but what surprised me…
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Tags: AIDS, Black, charities, child abuse allegations, Children, Community, culture, death, ecology, Environment, environmental justice, Evolution, Famine, famine relief, guiness world record, justice, king of pop, legacy, lost children, michael jackson, Music, music industry, Politics, pop star, Religion, Religious, War, world
Last Tuesday, as a member of Catholics United, I joined countless others in Washington, D.C., to lobby on behalf of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (HR 2454 ). This bill, which now will go before the Senate after…
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Tags: aid, America, budget, cars, Catholics, clean energy, Democrat, Economic, emissions, Environment, environmental threats, fossil fuels, Global, green, International, Nuclear Weapons, President Obama, renewable energy, renewable energy resources, Republican, security, space race, sustainable energy, water
Today’s most pressing task for humanity, I believe, is to halt the current environmental crisis. Thus, churches worldwide should be working to reduce greenhouse gases, protesting the destruction of rain forests, and becoming a leading voice against the arrogant stance…
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Tags: Catholic, Catholic social teaching, creation, crisis, destruction of rain forests, devaluation, earth history, ecological crisis, Environment, Evolution, gene, Global, Global Warming, green, greenhouse gases, heavenly realm, holistic, human survival, insects, interdependent system, Jesus, justice, land, legacy, Organic, philosopher, prophet, Prophetic, rain forests, religious beliefs, social justice, Spirituality, storytellers, theologian, warming, way of life, wendell berry, Worship
Angels and Demons, the movie inspired by Dan Brown’s novel by the same title, has raked in nearly $190 million worldwide (with approximately $90 million in the U.S.) in only its second week of release. Dan Brown’s books, spurred by…
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Tags: 21 st century, America, american religion, angels and demons, art, Catholic, Catholic social teaching, Christ, christian spirituality, Christianity, church, class, conspiracy theories, context, corruption, Cross, da vinici code, dan brown, dogma, Empire, faith, faith tradition, fundamentalism, Gospel, injustice, International, Jesus, justice, Kingdom of God, legacy, lie, Movement, movie, New York Times, Nonviolence, Personal Responsibility, Religion, Religious, religious movement, ross douthat, Social Responsibility, Spirituality, symbol, Theology, tradition, traditional religion, United States, world, Worship
Scandal has again surfaced in the American Catholic Church, but, gratefully, this time it is not over child abuse or mismanagement of funds. Rather, it is over the publication of sensual pictures that show famous Miami Catholic priest Alberto Cutié…
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Tags: 1 corinthians 7, abuse, America, catholic church, catholic priest, Catholics, celibacy, Christ, christian communities, clerical celibacy, Community, Conservatives, Corinthians, debate, faith, Families, Family, God, Gospel, healing, hierarchy, History, human, husband, intimacy, Jew, Jewish, jewish law, law, mandatory celibacy, marriage, New Testament, Paul, priesthood, protestant ministers, Religious, serving, tradition, unmarried man, wife, Women
We are at a global turning point. Rampant deforestation, mass extinction of species, global warming, the melting of polar ice caps, and the rapid depletion of fossil fuels are all symptoms of today’s ecological crisis. Few, however, tend to see…
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Tags: Africa, business, climate change, climate models, conflict, creation, crisis, crop irrigation, Darfur, depletion of fossil fuels, destruction, Diversity, ecological crisis, ecology, Economic, Economics, Environment, faith, Farmers, fossil fuels, Global, Global Warming, green, holistic, human, Immigration, International, mass extinction, Middle East, polar ice caps, Poverty, rainfall patterns, refugee, Religion, Religious, rising sea levels, Schools, War, warming, world religions
As Christians, our continual task is to explore and mediate on Jesus’ teachings, as well as to emulate his deeds. Central to this two-fold task is comprehending the type of power Jesus wielded, namely the power to love. It often…
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Tags: abuse of power, animosity, authority, Christ, Christian, Christians, church, compassion, context, creation, Crucifixion, disciple, Economic, Emperor, Empire, enemies of the state, exousia, friedrich nietzsche, Germany, Gospel, insurrection, Jesus, leonardo boff, liberation theologian, Nazi, neighbor, Poor, prostitutes, Religious, rich, roman empire, state, tax collectors, teaching, theologian, wealth, wealthy
Jesus, who was a Palestinian Jew living under Roman occupation, preached a message that was anti-state and religious imperialism. In fact, many believe that the Roman authorities and the elite within the Sanhedrin killed Jesus for espousing this anti-Roman, anti-Sanhedrin…
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Tags: America, American, Catholic, Catholic social teaching, Children, Christ, Christian, Christianity, Christians, Community, context, corruption, Economic, elites, Emperor, Empire, extreme poverty, Global South, God, Gospel, haiti, Hispanic, holistic, Immigrant, immigrants, imperialism, Jerusalem, Jesus, jesus teachings, Jew, Jewish, Jews, marginalized, Messiah, Migrants, Military, neighbor, New Testament, occupation, oppressed, Persecution, Poor, Poverty, power, prophet, Prophetic, prophets, Religion, Religious, rich, roman authorities, roman empire, Rome, sanhedrin, savior, Scripture, sermon on the plain, sermon on the plain luke, son of god, Spirituality, territory, United States, Violence, wealth, wealthy
The University of Notre Dame recently announced that President Barack Obama will be its spring commencement speaker and that he will also be receiving an honorary doctorate of laws degree. For this act, Notre Dame should receive praise. And President…
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