The 3,500 delegates — including 12 representatives from the Diocese of Davenport — have returned from last week’s Convocation of …Read More
Category: Editorials
Mental health court needed statewide
Al Ramsey stood up at a press conference last week in Davenport and shared his story of redemption in the …Read More
Let the marriage begin and grow
During closing comments at his ordination Mass, Bishop Thomas Zinkula spoke of his new bishop’s ring, and what it means …Read More
Share your thoughts on health care
One criticism of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly known as Obamacare, was that the final bill was rewritten behind …Read More
We don’t own the earth; we share it
Three years ago this month Pope Francis released his encyclical “Laudato Si,” on Care for Our Common Home, which provided …Read More
Proposed federal budget requires an overhaul
School teacher Mary Beth Goff appreciates U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson’s statement that “public housing should …Read More
Famine alert
Ken Hackett, who headed Catholic Relief Services for nearly two decades, knows about famine in the Horn of Africa. “In …Read More