1940's Religion | "Why Do the Members of Christ Tear One Another?"

Newspaper article

By: Dorothy Day

Date: February 1942

Source: Day, Dorothy. "Why Do the Members of Christ Tear One Another?" The Catholic Worker, February 1942. Available online at http://www.catholicworker.org/dorothyday/daytext.cfm?TextID... ; website home page: http://www.catholicworker.org (accessed April 22, 2003).

About the Author: Dorothy Day (1897–1980), born in Brooklyn, New York, was a committed Marxist until her conversion to Roman Catholicism in 1927. As a result, she developed into a famous social reformer and activist. In 1933 she co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement and guided its work in peace advocacy, civil rights, and labor union justice. Even during World War II (1939–1945), when most Americans supported the war effort,...