Mike Lewis

6 days ago | wherepeteris.com | Mike Lewis

On Wednesday, I wrote an article imploring a US bishop to reach out to a congressman he has praised and with whom he is a friend on behalf of immigrants who were — without due process — deported and imprisoned in a supermax facility in El Salvador. It seemed apt to draw attention to betrayals of our religious leaders on Spy Wednesday, the day when we recall Judas’s betrayal of Christ. Today, Good Friday, we recall the Sacrifice that Christ made for us all.

1 week ago | wherepeteris.com | Mike Lewis

Yesterday, Rep. Riley Moore, a Republican congressman from West Virginia, posted four photos to his social media pages. They were taken inside the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT), a notorious Salvadoran supermax prison known for its extreme conditions and capacity of 40,000 inmates. At least 265 prisoners recently transferred there were deportees from the United States. In one image, Moore poses in front of a prison block, flashing “two thumbs up” as inmates crowd behind him.

1 month ago | wherepeteris.com | Mike Lewis

There’s something that many right-wing Catholics—especially those who fiercely oppose Pope Francis—don’t seem to understand about people like me: we were once part of their world. We admired the same Catholic figures, consumed the same media, and shared the same hopes for the Church. We followed Bishop Robert Barron, Archbishop Charles Chaput, Scott Hahn, Cardinal Raymond Burke, Cardinal Gerhard Müller.

1 month ago | catholicoutlook.org | Mike Lewis

The Pontifical Academy for Life is meeting in Rome this week, and the theme of this year’s annual gathering is “The End of the World? Crises, Responsibilities, Hopes.”Leading scientists, theologians, and scholars gathered at the Vatican for the purpose of engaging in an interdisciplinary dialogue on the theme.

1 month ago | catholicoutlook.org | Mike Lewis

12 years. What a ride it has been. Pope Francis has been an earthquake in the Church. Trusting in the Holy Spirit, he has boldly led the People of God on a path towards necessary conversion, reform, and repentance. He’s far from perfect, and has met with great resistance, but there is no stepping back from the course he has set. Elected at the age of 76, the length of Francis’s papacy has surpassed that of over 200 of his 265 predecessors.