REFLECTION: The learning of two different cultures

by Joan Chittister, osb Pax Christi USA Teacher of Peace We talk a lot about listening to the ideas of people whose life situations are different than ours but, in truth, it's often a very difficult thing to do. We all live in little self-funded modern ghettoes where the people in our neighborhoods are just … Continue reading REFLECTION: The learning of two different cultures

REFLECTION: Lessons and depression from the primary elections

by Thomas Reese, S.J., NCR I have not written anything about the primary elections this year, partly because everyone has been commenting on them, and partly because I found them so depressing. I also held off from writing because the exit polls rarely provided data about Catholic voters. Catholic Republicans in the 2012 primaries were … Continue reading REFLECTION: Lessons and depression from the primary elections