by Jack Moline | Sep 11, 2024 | Feature-, Opinion
A long time ago, I had an argument with a friend who worked in the president’s administration. The federal government’s public assistance program was undergoing one of its cyclical reevaluations, and a proposal had gained some currency that required recipients without...
by Ron Rolheiser | May 12, 2021 | Opinion
“The world will be saved by beauty!” Fyodor Dostoevsky wrote that, Dorothy Day quoted it, and centuries before Jesus, Confucius made it central to his pedagogy. They were on to something. Beauty is a special language that cuts through and sidelines all the things that...
by Ron Rolheiser | May 22, 2017 | Opinion
Dorothy Day is alleged to have said, “Don’t call me a saint; I don’t want to be dismissed that easily!” A new biography on her by her granddaughter, Kate Hennessy, “Dorothy Day – The World Will Be Saved by Beauty: An Intimate...
by Jerrod Hugenot | Sep 28, 2015 | Opinion
True to form, Pope Francis demonstrated humility in his way of interacting with all people, not only those in secular or sacred halls of power, during his trip to the U.S. last week. A pontiff who prefers to eat with the homeless rather than national leaders is a...
by Stuart Blythe | May 26, 2015 | Opinion
Sometimes after teaching or preaching about figures I may wish to describe as “prophetic,” people have sometimes commented, “But what are the big issues today?” This question is asked no doubt with the desire that “we,” the church,...
