Michael Gerson writes: If you believe that a fetus is a member of the human family from its first moment — and millions of Americans do — then opposition to abortion is inherently a social justice issue. It is the defense of the weak and voiceless against violence…. To be consistent, of course, you would… Read More The Pro-Life Movement: Consistency and Legitimacy vs. Embracing Trump
MSW writes: In short, the Catholic left has cared less about its own integrity and more about strengthening ties with Democrats on other issues. Sloppy moral reasoning has employed narrow factoids and slim, exceptional cases to promote indifference on the issue. A libertarianism of the left on social issues has become as pronounced, and as… Read More To be Consistent and Side with the Vulnerable, Progressive Catholics Must Defend the Unborn
In a statement on the government shutdown, Cardinal Seán O’Malley of Boston writes: Governing the democracy of the United States is always a challenging task. It requires not only intelligence, expertise and experience but also a capacity to collaborate, cooperate and the willingness to consider appropriate compromise at decisive moments. The present moment in our… Read More Cardinal Seán: End the Government Shutdown
Claire Giangravè writes: “Populism is an ancient malady. Even Christians have been faced with its force,” said Father Rocco D’ambrosio, a diocesan priest and professor of Political Philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University, in an interview with Crux Jan. 10…. D’ambrosio spoke at a conference titled “Power and populisms” along with Vincenzo Buonomo, dean of… Read More Confronting the Malady of Populist Nationalism
Via Rome Reports: He explained that Christ gave the disciples this prayer, along with the Beatitudes, as teachings that represent an authentic revolution. POPE FRANCIS “This is the revolution of the Gospel. Where the Gospel is, there is revolution. It is as if Jesus said, ‘Continue on, you who carry in your heart the mystery… Read More Where the Gospel is, There is Revolution
Cardinal Joseph Tobin released the following statement on President Trump’s speech on Tuesday night: I listened with deep disappointment to the dehumanizing words used to describe our immigrant sisters and brothers. These men, women and children are neither numbers, nor criminal statistics, but flesh and blood people with their own stories and histories. Most are… Read More Cardinal Tobin Rips Trump’s Dishonest, Dehumanizing Anti-Immigrant Speech
Jacob Lupfer writes: No candidate who favors ending abortion in the U.S. can win the Democratic Party’s nomination for president. Party leaders are more stridently supportive of unrestricted abortion rights than they have ever been. Abortion-rights activists exert unprecedented power over the party, and as a result even abortion-skeptical Democrats have been decimated over the… Read More Why a Pro-life Democrat Should Run in 2020
