Stephen Colbert on Not Surrendering to Despair

While receiving the Ripple of Hope Award, Stephen Colbert discussed his admiration for Robert F. Kennedy, highlighting the iconic image of RFK with Cesar Chavez at the conclusion of Chavez’s hunger strike in 1968. Drawing on his faith, Colbert made an argument against giving in to fear and despair in this dark hour.

Bishop Calls Out Anti-Life MAGA Policies, Pointing to Patterns from Nazi Germany

Bishop Anthony B. Taylor of Little Rock, Arkansas writes: When Germany invaded Poland, my grandfather’s cousins knew they were in great danger and had to flee. But when they tried to cross the border into what in 1939 was the Russian-occupied section of Poland, they found that the border was closed. They were turned back… Read More Bishop Calls Out Anti-Life MAGA Policies, Pointing to Patterns from Nazi Germany

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