ICE detained a nun. No one knows why

Sister Letty was walking to Mass in her habit. Friends,   On Sunday morning in McAllen, Texas, Sister Letty Ugboaja put on her religious habit and walked toward Our Lady of Sorrows Church to celebrate Mass.   She never made it inside because ICE saw her on...

Great news — we’re in the top 50

We couldn’t have done this without you. Friends,   I’m excited to share that, thanks to your support, The Common Good podcast has just landed at #1 on the Best 50 Progressive Christianity Podcasts in the United States list. We couldn’t have made...

Six magic words, live from Laguna Beach

“I like you, and we need you.” Friends,   Yesterday evening matters to me more than I can easily explain.   People came out for the common good — on a weeknight in June — and filled the Laguna Beach Cultural Center for a screening of...

The photo the pope carries everywhere

Leo said it plainly: I cannot be in favor of war. Friends,   Last November — just months into his papacy — Pope Leo XIV chose Lebanon as his first trip.   His motto for the visit was “Blessed Are the Peacemakers.”   While he was...