Week of 8/5/24–8/10/24: Caring, Weirdness, & 2 Kinds of Catholicism
August 5, 2024: Joe Biden’s Vatican II Catholicism vs. J.D. Vance’s Other Catholicism Sixty-two years ago, Pope John XXIII convened the Second Vatican Council, which
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August 5, 2024: Joe Biden’s Vatican II Catholicism vs. J.D. Vance’s Other Catholicism Sixty-two years ago, Pope John XXIII convened the Second Vatican Council, which
One way to define a term is to go to its opposite first. We are asking: What might be the opposite of weird? Is it weird
In yesterday’s DM, we considered VP nominee Tim Walz’s naming of weirdness as characterizing much of his opponents’ positions and proposals. Today’s we offer a
We find ourselves these days in a time of soulful struggle over democracy, whether in France, Italy, Hungary or other places. And certainly in a
In his commentary on the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew’s gospel, Aquinas defines compassion this way: To be compassionate is to have a heart
In yesterday’s Father’s Day DM, both essay and video, we celebrated Thomas Aquinas as a spiritual father to myself, and so many other people. In
I am writing this on Father’s Day, but you will receive it a day late. But I have a good excuse as I was on a
May 6, 2024: Compassion, Eckhart, and Humanity’s FutureMatthew is teaching a class on what Eckhart and other mystics can teach us about compassion. Matthew says
If anything characterizes the politics of our time–and the distorted media and social media in our time–it is the disregard for truth. Rabbi Heschel underscored
Jose Andres is founder of World Central Kitchen and a well-known chef. He knew and worked alongside the seven people who were trying to relieve starvation
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