The House Passes the Conscience Protection Act

Via CNS: In a bipartisan 245-182 vote, House members July 13 passed the Conscience Protection Act, which would provide legal protection to doctors, nurses, hospitals and all health care providers who choose not to provide abortions as part of their health care practice…. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and other supporters of the Conscience… Read More The House Passes the Conscience Protection Act

Slain Baton Rouge Officer Montrell Jackson’s Heartfelt Message

via CNN: Four days after the police-involved shooting of Alton Sterling turned his city upside down, sending ripple effects nationwide, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Police officer Montrell Jackson issued a plea to the embattled community and vowed to do his part to help it heal….One week later, on Sunday, Jackson’s life was cut short in a… Read More Slain Baton Rouge Officer Montrell Jackson’s Heartfelt Message

Is Trump-Pence the Most Anti-Catholic Republican Ticket in Modern History?

Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale has a new article at Time. He writes: In February, Trump attacked the wildly popular Pope Francis as being “disgraceful” and a “political pawn.” Perhaps that helps explain why Hillary Clinton holds a remarkable seventeen-point lead (56% to 39%) against Trump among Catholics. Among Latino Catholics, the margin balloons to fifty-one… Read More Is Trump-Pence the Most Anti-Catholic Republican Ticket in Modern History?

Sports, Solidarity, and #BlackLivesMatter

Earlier this week, ESPN hosted its annual award show, the ESPYS.  This year’s show—usually a lighthearted celebration of sports’ greatest athletes and accomplishments from over the previous year—got off to a poignant and powerful start.  Four of the NBA’s top stars, the Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James, Dwyane Wade (who recently joined the Chicago Bulls after… Read More Sports, Solidarity, and #BlackLivesMatter