In USA Today, Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Russell Moore write: If you truly believe, as the words of the Declaration of Independence proclaim, that we are all created equal, endowed by our Creator with an unalienable right to life, you will likely see the life of the child in the womb as something to be… Read More Don’t Force Doctors to Perform Abortions
via Vatican Radio: Pope Francis is putting a stop to the sale of cigarettes and tobacco inside Vatican City State. A statement released on Thursday by Greg Burke, Director of the Holy See Press Office, explained that the Holy See “cannot be cooperating with a practice that is clearly harming the health of people.” Citing… Read More Pope Francis Bans the Sale of Cigarettes Inside the Vatican
Pope Francis: “Global action is needed in order to reduce pollution and at the same time promote development in poorer countries.”
Here are highlights from Pope Francis’ recent speech at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Rome for World Food Day: The current situation demands greater responsibility on all levels, not only to guarantee the necessary production or equitable distribution of the fruits of the earth – this duty is taken for… Read More Pope Francis: To Reduce Hunger and Migration, Address Conflict and Climate Change
How Southern socialites rewrote Civil War history:
Elizabeth Bruenig writes that evangelicals and Catholics have made their peace, and Catholics are paying the price: The close quarters produced a new breed of politically evangelicalized Catholic candidates and officeholders who have little use for the church’s social teaching (which includes support for organized labor , immigrants and the poor) but adhere vehemently to… Read More Why Catholic Politicians Trade Catholic Orthodoxy for Party Orthodoxy
via Vatican Radio: We know the great developments that have taken place in the field of disability over the last decades. The growth in awareness of the dignity of every person, especially the weakest, and how they have led to taking courageous positions to ensure the inclusion of those who live with different forms of… Read More Pope Francis Denounces Eugenic Tendency to Eliminate Children with Disabilities
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