Cardinal Joe: Trump’s Immoral Wall Threatens Lives, Is Based on Lies and Anti-Immigrant Agenda

Cardinal Joseph Tobin writes: A wall would probably drive them into more remote areas of the desert or mountains, possibly to their deaths, as the forces driving them — violence, persecution and extreme poverty — are more life threatening than a risky border crossing. In fact, close to 8,000 migrants have died in Arizona and… Read More Cardinal Joe: Trump’s Immoral Wall Threatens Lives, Is Based on Lies and Anti-Immigrant Agenda

Pope: Use Internet, Social Media to Foster Communion Not to Spread Hatred and Lies

Here are some highlights from the Message of the Holy Father Francis for the 53rd World Day of Social Communications: Ever since the internet first became available, the Church has always sought to promote its use in the service of the encounter between persons, and of solidarity among all… If the Internet represents an extraordinary… Read More Pope: Use Internet, Social Media to Foster Communion Not to Spread Hatred and Lies

US Bishops Praise New Climate Change Bill

via USCCB: After the introduction of the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2019 (EICDA) yesterday, Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, Chairman of the U.S. Bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, welcomed the legislation as an important step forward in addressing climate change. “This bipartisan bill is a hopeful sign… Read More US Bishops Praise New Climate Change Bill

Bishop Stowe: Pro-Lifers Should Not Sport Slogans of President Who Denigrates and Endangers Immigrants

Bishop John Stowe of the Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky writes: I am ashamed that the actions of Kentucky Catholic high school students have become a contradiction of the very reverence for human life that the march is supposed to manifest. As such, I believe that U.S. Catholics must take a look at how our support… Read More Bishop Stowe: Pro-Lifers Should Not Sport Slogans of President Who Denigrates and Endangers Immigrants