Alex Mikulich

Perspective: Renewed calls for reparations by the church and the people of God ought to be a sting of conscience that goes to the central act of worship of church: the Eucharist.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's passionate advocacy evokes the vision and policies of the Democratic Socialists of America and the ways they align with Catholic social teaching.

Rather than insisting on our innocence, living the Gospel is the art of creating the politically impossible following the lead of black and brown peoples past and present.  

We can maintain the death wish of the dominant economic system or we can work together to shape a world where all forms of life may thrive. 

Presidential candidate Donald Trump pledged to "drain the swamp" of Washington. Yet swamps are integral to a good ecosystem. The fragility both of swamps and good governance demand our constant care.

As the nation votes today, our entire way of life is killing us and the planet. We need a whole new way of thinking about faithful citizenship that is directed towards renewing the face of the Earth.

Commentary: I find myself enraged by the violence of the president and his party. But our fury, however justified, may only consume us if not grounded in loving kindness both within us and our institutions.

Commentary: If the church seeks authentic repentance and repair, it must address the historical roots of the present crisis and open itself to a long-term process of truthful remembering that is oriented to the wisdom of the survivors of clerical sexual abuse.

Commentary: The question is not whether Latin American peoples will become the demographic majority in the U.S. The forces of white supremacy and nationalism that vaulted President Donald Trump to the White House cannot stop this ongoing demographic shift.

Commentary: Perhaps there is no more apt symbol for our time than water. Many march and cry out to God for justice and the need to be cleansed of the moral and political scandals that wreak havoc upon the most vulnerable in our society. 

Respect for science, I suggest, will thrive in the future if it is rooted in the soil of the contemplative life. Nicholas of Cusa invites a practice of contemplation that looks even deeper into each being around us, at the whole of the cosmos, and God.

We have never fully confronted white complicity as a church. Although there is no metric that demonstrates black and brown people achieving equality in any significant way, white people are enraged by any perceived slippage in their own superiority.