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A union organizer chased me out to my car once. I was working at a quadrilingual inner-city Catholic parish at the time. A community organizer in a local factory was trying to unionize the company. He did not work there. He asked me if I would teach the workers the…

Cambridge, Massachusetts — Featuring Sean O’Brien, president of the Teamsters Union, Sara Nelson of the Flight Attendants Union and Senator Bernie Sanders, union members and their allies gathered on the Cambridge Common in Massachusetts in the shadow of Harvard University. …

As a priest, one thing I fight against is the idea of Catholicism as nothing more than a set of rules or just a moral code. …

New Haven, Connecticut — A horrifying and tragic incident left a 36-year-old man paralyzed while in the custody of police officers in New Haven, Connecticut in late June. Randy Cox, a black man appearing in good health was in possession of a firearm. He is an ex-felon and, therefore, is…

Pax Ahimsa Gethen uses the pronouns they, them and their in subjective and reflexive English expressions. Therefore, as per Pax’s request, I will use those pronouns in referring to them. Pax Ahimsa Gethen on Medium demands progressive Catholics to explain why they remain Catholic. …

No one can be strong by his own strength or secure except by God’s mercy and forgiveness — Saint Cyprian I see Catholics enter the arena to defend the many objections to biblical passages against homosexuality during the month of June. We can sum up the teaching in these articles…

Douglas Beaumont is a convert to Catholicism. A former professor in an Evangelical Christian Seminary, Dr. Beaumont came to the Catholic church about eight years ago. He just published a Catholic update of his former Evangelical book The Message Behind the Movie Reboot published by Ignatius Press. The following is…

If Pope Francis wants to send a stark message to the United States, he may have found the exact method by his latest announcement of now Cardinals-designate. Although bishops often enjoy the laity looking upon them with awe and reverence. The saints always warned against a blind form of this…