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Category: Opinion

SNAP rules will harm the hungry

Posted on Dec 12, 2019Dec 11, 2019 in Letters, Opinion

To the Editor: U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has announced new rules that will remove about 700,000 persons from the …Read More

Linking theology and justice

Posted on Dec 12, 2019Dec 11, 2019 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
Linking theology and justice

By Father Bud Grant Armed with coffee and (metaphorical) red pen to grade the final assignments of my “Just Theology” …Read More

Support nutrition bills for kids

Posted on Dec 12, 2019Dec 11, 2019 in Letters, Opinion

To the Editor: Each day, 29 million students participate in the national school lunch program. The Center for Rural Affairs …Read More

Taking food off the table of the hungry

Posted on Dec 12, 2019Dec 11, 2019 in Editorials, Opinion

Seven Iowa metro areas within the Diocese of Davenport bear the unfortunate distinction of leading the state for food stamp …Read More

Youths give us reason for hope this Advent season

Posted on Dec 5, 2019Dec 4, 2019 in Editorials, Opinion

A 97-year-old World War II vet wept while watching a livestream of the National Catholic Youth Conference Mass last month. …Read More

Faith and politics, and how they work together

Posted on Dec 5, 2019Dec 4, 2019 in Guest Opinion, Opinion
Faith and politics, and how they work together

By Patrick Schmadeke (Fourth in a series of six articles on political conscience formation) The recent scandal of God’s human …Read More

Prepare to welcome the Prince of Peace

Posted on Nov 28, 2019Nov 27, 2019 in Editorials, Opinion

A haunting image captures a solemn young boy waiting in line at a crematorium in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1945. He …Read More

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