Catholic – Red Letter Christians

Joining Pope Francis as We Abolish the Death Penalty

September 20, 2022

Pope Francis has designated the month of September to address the death penalty and call for its abolition worldwide. In his newest appeal, the Pope invites us to pray “that the death penalty, which attacks the...

To Get Our Nation Back On Track, We Need A ‘Holy Recovery’

Jennifer Butler

July 9, 2021

Politics, Practical Justice, Theology

Scarcity has been the name of the game for far too long in American politics. We are constantly offered a choice between which group of people is forced to go without, in the name of austerity.

Hope in Hard Times: An Element of Our Prophetic Vocation

Sister Julia Walsh

December 4, 2020

Church Life, General, Theology

I continue to be challenged by the ongoing need for reconstruction, for the building of a society not based on the evils of systemic racism and environmental degradation; it’s big, overdue work. I feel helpless and lost, I am not sure how to help. It’s a lot, and I am discouraged and overwhelmed. Yet, I am singing.

Gilroy, El Paso, Dayton, and the Normalization of Violence

Thomas Reese

August 5, 2019

General, Politics, Practical Justice

I feel guilty, but I simply cannot take it anymore.

Nuns & Nones Helps Millennials Find Surprise Soulmates in Catholic Sisters

Emily McFarlan Miller

July 15, 2019

General, LGBTQ+, Women

It's OK to ask questions without answers.

Awaiting Trial for Breaking into a Nuclear Base, 7 Catholic Activists Are Unrepentant

Yonat Shimron

July 11, 2019

Peace & Nonviolence, Politics, Practical Justice

Do we really want peace?

Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris Ravaged by Fire

Yonat Shimron

April 15, 2019

Church Life, General

"We will appeal to the greatest talents … and we will rebuild."

In Fight over Protestant-Only Foster Agency, Lawsuit Asks: Who Is a Christian?

Yonat Shimron

February 26, 2019

Church Life, Family and Parenting, Interfaith, LGBTQ+, Politics

Historically, Protestants have objected to the office of the pope; devotion to Mary, the mother of Jesus, and to the saints, which some Protestants see as a form of idolatry.