In the summer of 2004, Lance Armstrong was God. The Tour de France raged from July 2 to July 25 that year, and I watched every minute. I had just graduated from Air Force ROTC […]
Category: Catholic Social Teaching
“God Was the First to Cry for Your Son”
by Jen Owens “God was the first to cry for your son.” These words were put in the mouth of Dr. King as he attempted to comfort an aging protestor who had lost his son […]
Ferguson and Staten Island: What I Have Done, and What I Failed to Do
I’ve been struggling, like many, in the past weeks and especially in the past 48 hours to think and respond to the failure of grand juries to indict either Officer Darren Wilson for the death […]
Nonviolence Is Not White Bourgeois Propriety
As a white guy wading into the thicket of commentary related to Ferguson, I need to say one thing up front: The economic, political, and social structures of white supremacy that both overtly and covertly […]
A Bishop (Finally) Speaks – #BlackCatholicHistoryMonth #BlackLivesMatter
It is with no irony that I remind our good readers that the events of Ferguson are happening amid Black Catholic History Month in the US Catholic Church. It was thus with great anticipation that I […]
Black Catholic History Month: An Invitation to Remember
November is Black Catholic History Month. This designation stands in its 24th year, named in 1990 by the National Black Catholic Congress of the United States “to celebrate the long history and proud heritage of Black Catholics.” […]
Becoming Anti-Oppressive, Part 1: Growing Up Racist and Misogynist and Catholic
Editor’s Note: This four-part blog series is being co-published at DT’s Blog Partner, “Raids Across the Color Line.” Read more about “blog partners” here. One. There’s this joke that I’ve never been able to forget. I mean, literally, […]
From Apathy to Social Action: The Radical Power of Prayer
But like the Church, Christian social action cannot be done in isolation. Social change simply does not happen by the isolated actions of any one activist, saint, or social revolutionary…We need to form communities locally. […]
What Would Dorothy Say About ISIS?
But could the mighty power of United States even entertain the suggestion that it practice pacifism? Not on your life! I reiterate the earlier question: What sort of sign can we discern from Dorothy Day’s […]
Pope Francis and the Powers of Global Governance
The Pope’s Subtle Critique of America’s Cowboy Diplomacy “One nation alone cannot judge how to stop an unjust aggressor.” Pope Francis The humanitarian crisis following the Iraqi/Syrian catastrophe is enormous. Hundreds of thousands have been […]
Daily Theology 
You must be logged in to post a comment.