 How can I ever repay you?: Catholic colleges and the student loan crisis
The blessings of a college education often come with the curse of tens of thousands in loans.
For
his first three years at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Robert
Cleveland went through the same drill every fall. He'd show up at the
private Catholic university for the start of the semester, sign
paperwork for his college loans, and then get busy with his coursework.
At the start of his senior year, however, the aspiring music journalist
began to realize how much debt he'd gotten himself into. "It just kind
of creeps up on you," he says. Read more.
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 What do Washington and Lincoln offer to Catholics?
The two presidents, both born in February, deserve our gratitude. How can Catholics view the celebration of Presidents Day?
We
Americans love the flag, the military, parades, and patriotic music.
Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and Fourth of July are celebrated with
near-religious rituals. Presidents Day brings only a few images of
George Washington (who now shares the holiday with Abe Lincoln) and
specials at auto dealers. The day passes without much reflection. Read more.
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UN demands removal of all known and suspected clergy child abusers
Will Pope Francis fully support removing all accused and the suspected, and show that he truly cares more about the victims?
Last
week, the United Nations ordered the Vatican to take an enormous step
in bringing justice to the victims of the sex abuse scandal. In a
statement, the Committee on the Rights of the Child demanded the Vatican
to immediately remove of all Catholic clergy known or suspected to be
child abusers, to hold them accountable for their actions, and to turn
them over to civil authorities. Read more.
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 Should we legalize marijuana?
When it comes to marijuana matters, is America going to pot?
In
2010 the California Cannabis Initiative qualified for the state's
ballot. If passed, it would have decriminalized certain offenses and
permitted the personal consumption and cultivation of cannabis sativa,
the drug commonly known by its Mexican colloquial name, marijuana, that
goes by many names, including grass, reefer, pot, dope, weed, bud, Mary
Jane, and hippie lettuce.
The
debate about this ballot here in California was contentious, and
ultimately the initiative failed, being opposed by 53.5 percent of
voters. Though the California initiative was defeated, support for
changing the laws on marijuana usage has increased nationwide.
Fifty-eight percent of Americans now support legalization of medical
marijuana. Read more.
What do you think? Should marijuana be available legally, or should it be a substance controlled by the law? Take our survey and let us know!
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 Immigration reform: If not now, when?
As the bee population declines, we can either listen to the buzz or feel the sting.
The
recent announcement by House Speaker John Boehner that he and his
Republican caucus were unlikely to act on the long overdue immigration
reform is the latest in a string of unconscionable postponements of
progress on one of the most urgent social issues of our day. Coming only
a week after raising hopes that House Republicans would finally get
moving on immigration reform, Boehner's latest disappointing
reversal--and his disingenuous rationalizations for it--makes one wonder
if the Republican leadership will ever escape the stranglehold of its
extreme xenophobic wing. Read more.
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 Watch: Philomena
Directed by Stephen Frears (The Weinstein Company, 2013)
Philomena,
Stephen Frears' touching film about the quest of an elderly Irish woman
to find the baby she was forced to give up 50 years before, is a tale
of redemption that is capable of restoring anyone's faith in ordinary
and broken human beings. In this odd-couple odyssey, a discredited BBC
journalist named Martin Sixsmith (Steve Coogan) agrees to write a human
interest piece about Philomena Lee (Judi Dench), who is desperately
looking for her son Anthony, taken from her in the 1950s while she was
pressed into entering a "convent" for wayward young women who had
children out of wedlock. Read more.
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