To the editor: Father Tad Pacholczyk concluded in a July 16 column in The Catholic Messenger that “numerous aspects of …Read More
Category: Opinion
Laudato Si part II: Overconsumption is the problem
By Fr. Bud Grant This is Part II of a series on “Laudato Si.” In the first installment I proposed …Read More
Prevent overdose deaths
To the Editor, Iowa families are needlessly losing sons, daughters, mothers and fathers to overdose deaths. In 2013, nearly 100 …Read More
Do not privatize medicaid
To the Editor: Kudos to The Des Moines Register, who in their Aug. 27 edition wrote an op-ed citing reasons …Read More
It takes a parish to support refugees
When Pope Francis asked every parish and religious community in Europe to accept a refugee family fleeing from war and …Read More
Speak the truth
To the Editor: There can be no Christian kindness if one does not speak the truth. Non-thinking political correctness is …Read More
The sacrament of reconciliation and mercy
When diocesan volunteer Loxi Hopkins hears the voice of a woman or man on the other end of the phone …Read More
