The U.S. State Department's renewed offer of $100 million in humanitarian aid for Cuba, routed through the Catholic Church and Catholic Relief Services, is a case study in the virtue of justice. When a government blocks food, water, and shelter from its own people, the Church's willingness to serve as the conduit of last resort is not a political act — it is a moral one.
Two recent removals of priests from ministry in Chicago and New Mexico offer a concrete case study in institutional justice. When bishops act swiftly on allegations, name the harm clearly, and refer cases to civil authorities, they are not simply managing a crisis — they are practicing the cardinal virtue of justice in its most demanding form.
Cardinal Emil Paul Tscherrig died at 79 after 50 years as a Vatican diplomat, spending himself in the patient, unglamorous work of building peace between nations and peoples. His life is a study in justice understood not as an abstraction but as a concrete orientation toward the other. Presence + reflects on what his witness means for Catholic mental health and the formation of character.
A new documentary opening May 19-20 follows Jesus' prayer in John 17:21 into the present-day question of Christian division. For Catholics working in mental health and human flourishing, the film's argument carries a specific anthropological weight: division is not merely a theological problem but a wound in the person.
The U.S. State Department's renewed offer of $100 million in humanitarian aid for Cuba, routed through the Catholic Church and Catholic Relief Services, is a case study in the virtue of justice. When a government blocks food, water, and shelter from its own people, the Church's willingness to serve as the conduit of last resort is not a political act — it is a moral one.
Two recent removals of priests from ministry in Chicago and New Mexico offer a concrete case study in institutional justice. When bishops act swiftly on allegations, name the harm clearly, and refer cases to civil authorities, they are not simply managing a crisis — they are practicing the cardinal virtue of justice in its most demanding form.
Cardinal Emil Paul Tscherrig died at 79 after 50 years as a Vatican diplomat, spending himself in the patient, unglamorous work of building peace between nations and peoples. His life is a study in justice understood not as an abstraction but as a concrete orientation toward the other. Presence + reflects on what his witness means for Catholic mental health and the formation of character.
David Sedaris
Eric Ries
Maria Morera Johnson
Tara McMullen
Gregory Orfalea
