Clarifying Our Terms for 2015
Catholic moral theology has a great way to sift through some of the hardest moral debates.
Mark Gordon
Mark Gordon is a partner at PathTree, a consulting firm focused on organizational resilience and strategy. He also serves as president of both the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Diocese of Providence, and a local homeless shelter and soup kitchen. Mark is the author of Forty Days, Forty Graces: Essays By a Grateful Pilgrim. He and his wife Camila have been married for 30 years and they have two adult children.
Latest articles by Mark Gordon
The Myth of Redemptive Violence: What Christmas Tells Us About the Two Brooklyn Cops
The way out is a way pioneered by the Child whose birth we celebrate this week.
America the Violent
Why is a country full of followers of the Prince of Peace so enamored of conflict?
A Different Kind of Battlefield: Military Morale Plummeting
New Military Times survey shows dramatic decrease in satisfaction since 2009.
The Silent Grace of Advent
We inhabit in a soundscape more cluttered and depressing than any people who has ever lived.
Shanesha Taylor and the Hidden Rules of Poverty
A culture unto itself, with distinctive linguistic forms and different family and social structures
Ferguson: What We Know, What We Don’t Know
A grand jury did its job. Will the American public accept its findings?
At Life’s End: Giving a Mother a Burial Worthy of Her Baptism
Catholic teaching on death and dying helped me understand and navigate a series of moral hazards.
Pope Francis and the Death of the Death Penalty
The pope calls on Christians to fight not only capital punishment, but life sentences as well.
What We Fear the Most
Forget ISIS and Ebola. Inequality is the thing that concerns most Americans, survey finds.
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul: Ending Poverty Through Systemic Change
“What is your Church doing now?” Frederic Ozanam has been answering that question ever since.
How a Chance Meeting With Father Benedict Groeschel Helped Save a Retreat Center
Was bumping into the Franciscan reformer an accident, or was it meant to be?
What Follows Same-Sex Marriage?
Supreme Court decision comes, coincidentally, at the beginning of an important meeting in Rome
Eric Holder’s Legacy
Attorney general's accomplishments haven’t matched prodigious tenure
Care of Creation is the Fruit of Holiness
Recent popes, Orthodox patriarch, Catholic groups insist climate change is a serious issue
Andrew Bacevich: A Catholic Expert on Geopolitics in the Age of Jihad
An interview on the limits of military might
Is War the Answer?
A hundred years ago, we thought it was inevitable. Is it really?
Living Large: The Scandal of Bishops’ Residences
Some have already anticipated Pope Francis's move toward simpler lifestyle.
Still the Church of the Workingman
The bishops have once again reaffirmed the Church’s teaching on the dignity of work.
San Romero of America: Pope Confirms El Salvador Bishop’s Cause Moving Forward
In spite of controversy, Oscar Romero stood by his motto, "To be of one mind with the Church."