Msgr. Luigi Ligutti, an immigrant priest who served other migrants in Iowa, teaches us to look toward rural America, its old residents and new arrivals alike, with sympathetic eyes.
“It cannot be a fully and deeply, properly formed conscience that is telling you to ignore something as fundamental and as sinful as racism,” Sam Sawyer, S.J., says in a conversation with Gloria Purvis.
The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola have a structure which forms a counterpoint to racism and can help social activists in their confrontation with it.
In the vital state of Pennsylvania, Catholic voters likely comprise at least a quarter of the electorate—and thus play a pivotal role in deciding the overall outcome.
On election day, voters in 10 states will vote on ballot initiatives related to abortion. If the past two years are any indication, I fear the pro-life movement can expect yet another round of bruising electoral defeats.