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 Should
laypeople have a role in choosing their bishops?
It's time for
the flock to have their say when it comes to selecting the shepherds of
the church.
Pope Francis says that he
wants a special kind of bishop for our church--he wants "shepherds
who smell of their sheep." Let us take our Holy Father at his word:
Who knows how the sheep smell better than the sheep themselves? No one. So
then why not let the sheep make a modest proposal and ask that we
laypeople have a significant say in the choice of our bishops. Read
more.
What do you think? Should
laypeople be consulted when new bishops are chosen? Or are the pope and
other church leaders in a better position to pick shepherds for the
flock? Be sure to take
our survey and let us know what you think.
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 Let's
get organized: Domestic workers fight for their rights
Deemed indispensable by the families who hire them,
why are domestic workers excluded from legal protection?
When Juana Flores first
arrived in the United States from Mexico 27 years ago, she found a job
taking care of a child for what seemed like a huge amount of money: $75
every two weeks. After the first two months, her employers told Flores
that she would need to care for two additional children. "A few
months after that, the first boy's father began to intimidate me, to
insult me, and talk to me in suggestive ways," says Flores, speaking
through a translator. Read
more.
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 A
different take on 'threats to family life'
A growing work-life imbalance is pushing some
parents over the edge.
If the bishops were to ask
me, a married layperson with four children, about a threat that feels
much more real to marriage and a functioning, contemporary family
life--you know, one that actually succeeds in nurturing kids and
preserving parental/spousal sanity--I would point them to a different
suspect altogether. If they want to help shore up family life, they need
to look at the issues that are really tearing it down. Read
more.
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War on poverty: 50 years and
still going strong
The battles have been fought for half a century, but
the war is far from over.
On January 8, 1964, former
President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson gave his State of the
Union Address to millions of Americans. During his speech, Johnson
declared an "unconditional war on poverty." He cited a lack of
education, housing, and health care as a few reasons for poverty. Not
having a decent neighborhood in which to live and raise children was
another. Racism and joblessness were two more. Read
more.
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Ethicists criticize treatment
of brain-dead patients
Knowing the differences between a coma,
persistent vegetative state, and brain death can help with tough
end-of-life decisions.
The cases of two young
women--a California teen and a pregnant Texas mother--have generated
sympathy for their families, but also have left some doctors and
bioethicists upset about their treatment. Many doctors are
questioning continued medical procedures on a 13-year-old girl declared
brain-dead nearly a month ago, calling interventions to provide nutrition
to a dead body wrong and unethical. Read
more.
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 Listen:
Let's Be Still
The Head and The Heart (Sub Pop, 2013)
Can we agree to stop
comparing everyone to Mumford & Sons? Can we just agree to let that
go? Every other review of The Head and the Heart's new album is going
there, but the often unkind comparison is both lazy and
inaccurate. The Head and the Heart's sophomore album Let's Be Still is
a great addition to any collection that includes artists like Travis and
Fleet Foxes. But unlike both of these bands--and unlike Mumford &
Sons--The Head and the Heart delivers a new sound that harnesses both
the au courant medium of folk and spices it up with some of the
residual grunge of the Pacific Northwest, where many of the bandmates
hail from. Read
more.
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