Not only is “Blackbird” a classic; in the voice of a gifted black artist, it can be prophetic

Immigrants are not nuisances but fellow pilgrims on our shared spiritual journey.

"Sadly, I personally know black Catholics whose personal experience has led them to believe that their black lives do not really matter to the church."

Daniel Berrigan, the Jesuit priest and acclaimed poet who for decades famously challenged U.S. Catholics to reject war and nuclear weapons, died on April 30. He was 94. He was a Jesuit for 76 years and a priest for 63 years.