We have all experienced loss and grief and death. Why is it so easy to take Jesus' crucifixion for granted? How should we acknowledge his sacrifice during this Holy Week?
Slashing lifesaving aid, writes Delaware Sen. Chris Coons, shows the world "that we are not a reliable partner defined by its compassion, but an unreliable one defined by cruelty and indifference."
Theologian and ethicist Margaret Farley begins not by talking, but by listening, by offering her merciful attention and accompaniment as another human being begins to articulate their own experiences and troubles.
"Contrary to what a lot of people see or think, there is more protest and resistance to Trump than you see or read in the mainstream media," Eric Stoner tells John Dear.
Dropping bombs and killing drug dealers may look good on television, Thomas Reese writes, but the real war on drugs occurs in treatment programs, which are terribly underfunded.
In this week's episode of "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," John Dear talks to the founder and executive director of Equal Justice Initiative about his work to serve people on death row.
"The doors the pope opened will be difficult to close," writes Diego Mauro, "and his pontificate will leave a deep mark in the history of the Catholic Church."
