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‘Not one more’: At Seattle Pacific University or anywhere else

“Not one more” was the catchphrase of the community in Isla Vista, the California town near Santa Barbara where Elliot Rodger shot and killed six people last month. Christopher Michaels-Martinez, 20, was among the victims and it was his father, Richard Martinez, who has passionately enjoined citizens and politicians to enact gun reform.

Embroiled over Israel, Presbyterians invite a rabbi to the pulpit

In a sign of the precarious state of Presbyterian-Jewish relations, the rabbi who heads the largest branch of Judaism in North America will appeal directly to the Presbyterian Church (USA) to step back from a series of critical resolutions aimed at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

BRIEF: Ignatian scholar coming to Spokane retreat center

Internationally recognized Ignatian scholar Paul Coutinho will be leading a Day of Reflection at Immaculate Heart Retreat Center on June 25, titled, The Silence between the Notes Makes the Music of my Life - A Day of Reflection on Eastern Spirituality & Mysticism.

Catholic and libertarian? Pope’s top adviser says they’re incompatible

Taking direct aim at libertarian policies promoted by many American conservatives, the Honduran cardinal who is one of Pope Francis’ top advisers said Tuesday (June 3) that today’s free market system is “a new idol” that is increasing inequality and excluding the poor.

Pope Francis tells couples not to substitute dogs and cats for children

Pope Francis on Monday (June 2) warned married couples against substituting cats and dogs for children — a move that he said leads to the “bitterness of loneliness” in old age.

BRIEF: Whitworth receives $400,000 grant for Office of Church Engagement internship program

Whitworth University has been awarded $400,000 from the M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust to build an internship program within the university’s new Office of Church Engagement.

SFCC students from Tibet working to become teachers at Tibetan orphanage

At first look, it seems like Lama Lakshey Zangpo is their father. He scrambles to pay the Spokane Falls Community College tuition for Jigmed Dawa and Jigmed Tubtel.

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