Instead of behaving ecclesially, the USCCB has been behaving politically, ignoring fraternal relationships between bishops and fighting against the pope.
The sun floats up, and stops. / The magpie waits to be two. The sparrow hides // beside the mailbox on its iron post, hedge / nailed together by thorns.
The editors read nonfiction about the American land, untold stories of undocumented workers, and a new perspective on how Christians might view Muhammad.
“She was not patient. She was not kind. Edna was not the neighbor ready with a warm welcome when we bought the house on Harrison Street next door to hers.”
“Without a dedication to the truth of the equal sacred dignity and worth of every human being, life together is endangered, compromised, even impossible.”