Nearly one year ago an editorial appeared on this page titled “Heroin epidemic isn’t a back alley problem; it’s ours.” …Read More
Category: Opinion
Habitual prayer and habitual action
By Lisa Powell “I am praying again, Awesome One” begins a poem in Rilke’s “Book of Hours.” It comes to …Read More
Dream Act: the right thing to do
Nestor, a 27-year-old community college graduate from St. Mary Parish in Davenport, is among 800,000 recipients of the Deferred Action …Read More
Promote peace, stop hate
To the Editor: These are tumultuous times for the United States. More so than any time in recent history, this …Read More
Racism: A top priority
Read the U.S. Catholic bishops’ Pastoral Letter on Racism from 1979 and be dismayed at the lack of change in …Read More
Racism still exists
To the Editor: Recently, Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska stated his thoughts on Facebook regarding the recent violence in Charlottesville, …Read More
Upgrade needed in language of hymns, prayers
To the editor: At church very recently we sang the lovely hymn Veni Creator Spiritus in English translation as the …Read More