Today the pulse of American spiritual life is shifting. There is not just one pulse.
The predatory loan industry’s lobby is powerful, and legislation is often gutted of any real power to protect the vulnerable.
Apart from restricting life choices among young Catholics, debt also creates new relationship structures within their families based on guilt and co-dependence rather than on love.
Can you be pro-life and a feminist? What about a pro-life socialist? Can a small-l libertarian support restrictions on abortion?
Disillusionment
Re “In Praise of Politics,” (Editorial 10/24): It seems to me that disillusionment extends far beyond politics.
What can a nation or church do when its leaders mislead? Some political leaders take the “strong man” approach, using violence to win popular support and to distract from domestic problems.
Prisons don't solve problems. They create problems.