via Reuters: Pope Francis called on European countries on Monday to do more to fight anti-Semitism, saying indifference on the issue was a virus that could allow the ideas of racial hatred to spread. Francis issued his appeal in a speech to a Rome conference on the responsibility of states to fight anti-Semitism and crimes… Read More Pope Calls on Europe to Do More to Fight Antisemitism
Elizabeth Bruenig writes: President Trump apparently had an affair with a porn star while his model wife was home with their newborn son. No surprise there. Keeping the affair out of the newspapers before the 2016 election reportedly cost him $130,000, around a measly 0.004 percent of his claimed net worth of $3.1 billion —… Read More License as Liberty: Trump is the Freest Man Alive
Christine Emba writes: One year ago, 24 hours after the inauguration of President Trump, more than 2.5 million women and their allies turned out to express their disapproval at Women’s Marches across the country and around the world…. But it’s 2018 now, and we’ve learned something along the way: Outrage is not enough. The impact… Read More Moving from Outrage to Solidarity and Policy Advances
Here are highlights from this year’s Message of His Holiness Pope Francis for World Communications Day: Communication is part of God’s plan for us and an essential way to experience fellowship. Made in the image and likeness of our Creator, we are able to express and share all that is true, good, and beautiful. We… Read More Pope Francis: We Must Stop the Spread of Fake News
Pope Francis: “I once more appeal for an end to trafficking in persons, which turns human beings, especially the weakest and most defenseless, into commodities.”
via Jack Jenkins, RNS: U.S. Roman Catholic bishops are backing public sector unions in an upcoming Supreme Court case, pitting church leaders against the Trump administration and conservatives in a legal battle over how organized labor is financed. In an amicus brief filed on Friday (Jan. 19) in the case of Janus v. American Federation… Read More Catholic Bishops Back Labor Unions in Big Supreme Court Case
Catholic News Service highlights pro-life feminists and whole life activists at the March for Life:
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