In 2003, I took part in a cross-country bicycle ride sponsored by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), the social-justice arm of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Our goal was to raise awareness about what the USCCB was doing to address the “root causes of poverty” in America. Besides riding our bicycles upward of six hours a day from state to state on our “Brake the Cycle of…
