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Category: Opinion

We need intentional political conscience formation

Posted on Feb 6, 2020Feb 5, 2020 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
We need intentional political conscience formation

By Patrick Schmadeke (Conclusion of a six-part series on political conscience formation.) The first article of this series, published in …Read More

Taking a ‘both/and’ approach to life

Posted on Jan 30, 2020Jan 29, 2020 in Editorials, Opinion

Letter writers Mary Rourke of Davenport and Mary Lu Callahan of Iowa City each care deeply about unborn children and …Read More

Renewing our appreciation for the sacrament of baptism

Posted on Jan 30, 2020Jan 29, 2020 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
Renewing our appreciation for the sacrament of baptism

By Corinne Winter This spring, Catholic dioceses in the United States will begin using an English translation of the Baptismal …Read More

Thank you public school teachers

Posted on Jan 30, 2020Jan 29, 2020 in Letters, Opinion

To the Editor: As we all prepare to listen to speeches at Mass in the next couple of weeks celebrating …Read More

Fighting abortion is about love

Posted on Jan 30, 2020Jan 29, 2020 in Letters, Opinion

To the Editor: I found the Jan. 16 letter to the editor with the heading, “Love, not punishment” to be …Read More

Keep up with the Iowa Legislature

Posted on Jan 23, 2020Jan 22, 2020 in Editorials, Opinion

Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds’ vision for Iowa includes priorities that mirror some legislative concerns of the Iowa Catholic Conference, such …Read More

A call for an ‘invigorated theology of Creation’

Posted on Jan 23, 2020Jan 22, 2020 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
A call for an ‘invigorated theology of Creation’

By Father Bud Grant About 20 years ago, I started telling my students that whatever career they chose for themselves …Read More

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