Is the Catholic Canonization Process Corrupt?
Jeffrey Odell Korgen on how to respond to "grafting" in the process of creating saints at the Vatican
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You Can't Use Nukes to Grow Gardens (and Other Tips from Catholic Workers)
Plus: Susan Crane reflects on prayer and resistance; pushing back on "Damned Whiteness"; video of Pentagon protest; remembering Joe Terruso; and some thoughts on the Aims and Means.
"This empire is hurting a lot of people": an Interview with Susan Crane
Catholic Worker Susan Crane on disrupting classes to protest war, the Spiritual Exercises, and antinuclear activism with Communists and Protestants from the August 2026 issue of the Catholic Agitator.
Is It Time to Revisit the Aims and Means?
"Forty years on, it seems like a good moment to do what Dorothy advised us to do: reiterate, reflect, recommit": an Essay from the August edition of the Los Angeles Catholic Agitator
"All Life is Sacred": Catholic Workers Stand Against Nuclear Weapons
Inside: Catholic Workers pilgrimage to Hiroshima and DC to protest nuclear destruction and witness to the sacredness of human life. Dandelion House in Oregon commits to contemplation in action.
Growing a Resilient Community at Dandelion Village
A community profile of Dandelion House, a Catholic Worker in Portland, Oregon, that draws on the resilient roots of an indigenous plant to create the new society in the shell of the old.
From Ground Zero to the Streets of New York City
"Bring us water to quench our thirst for violence." From the archives: a 1995 report by two Catholic Workers pilgrims commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Hiroshima-Nagasaki bombings in Japan
Working in a Season of Sorrow
“Love looks like showing up,” writes a London Catholic Worker—and Catholic Workers keep loving, showing up, despite war, death, and climate destruction, from the Midwest to the Netherlands
Oily Money Out!
"Often when I go into these actions, I think of our guests, many of whom have travelled from countries that have been torn apart by the climate crisis" an essay from the London Catholic Worker
The Sacrament of the Brother
An essay from the London Catholic Worker newsletter, adapted from Br Johannes’ reflection at our monthly vigil outside the Home Office in February 2026.
Catholic Workers Labor for the Peaceable Kingdom on Earth
Inside: Catholic Workers build resilient communities through building relationships; the final part of Christian nonviolence series; remembering Don Timmerman & more
Jesus and Nonviolent Revolution, Part III
The third and final part a theological essay on Christian nonviolence by Colin Miller, a Minnesota Catholic Worker
Building a Resilient Future with Benedictine and Catholic Worker Communities
"It seems both religious communities and Catholic Worker communities are going through a transition. We are all facing unprecedented challenges globally and locally. We know we need to change."
Cultivating Nonviolence in Study and Practice
Inside: a book review of Jeremy Varon's "Our Grief is Not a Cry for War"; part two in our series on Christian nonviolence; a Juneteenth reflection and summertime news from Catholic Worker communities
Jesus and Nonviolent Revolution, Part II
The second part a theological essay on Christian nonviolence by Colin Miller, a Minnesota Catholic Worker
Learning from the Movement to Stop the War on Terror
Review of Jeremy Varon's "Our Grief is not a Cry for War," a history of the movement to resist the Iraq War, which features the direct actions of Catholic Workers and allies in the peace movement
A Revolution of "Ordinary Holiness"
Inside: a theology of Christian nonviolence; a Cardinal’s dying wish paved the way for Dorothy Day’s canonization process; updates from Catholic Worker actions and War Tax Resistance for July Fourth
Jesus and the Nonviolent Revolution: a Theology of Christian Nonviolence
Part I in a series on Christian nonviolence by Colin Miller, theologian and Catholic Worker in St. Paul, Minnesota
How a Cardinal's Dying Wish Kept the Door Open for Dorothy Day's Sainthood
Did Dorothy’s Cause for Canonization begin in 2016, 2000, or 1997? Jeffrey Korgen provides an answer in his second essay on his time as part of Dorothy Day's canonization process.
"Love your enemies, do good to them that hate you"
On this July Fourth weekend, Catholic Workers past and present reflect on the Christian call to love neighbor and land, and how the Gospel calls us to love more than patriotic, nationalist narratives
Dialogue between Christ and Patriot
A dialogue between an American "Patriot" and Jesus Christ written in 1935 by Rev. Msgr. Paul Hanly Furfey