In a new editorial on the pardoning of Joe Arpaio, The Arizona Republic, which has traditionally backed Republicans, writes: He resurrected Arpaio’s rhetoric and made a hit on the national stage. He used Arpaio as a warm-up act during campaign rallies and modeled his own speeches on Arpaio’s rambling populist routine. Many hoped the country… Read More Institutional Racism is Trump’s Goal
Looking at disturbing new statistics, John Gehring writes: A new survey from The Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation offers the latest dispiriting news about the troubling state of white Christianity. Christians, the study found, are more than twice as likely to blame a person’s poverty on individual failings than Americans who are atheist… Read More Far Too Many White Christians Embrace Harmful Myths about Poverty
In Chicago Catholic, Cardinal Blase Cupich writes: While humanity is divided by culture, heritage and language, God created us to be one human family, one race — the human race. This reminder of our fundamental unity as a people could not come at a more necessary time, as our nation continues to roil from the… Read More Cardinal Cupich and Archbishop Gomez Strongly Denounce Racism
Pope Francis: “When we are feeling sad, when it feels like everything is going wrong, we should remember: “God loves me. God never abandons me.””
Former Congressman Bart Stupak writes: In May, DNC spokesperson Xochitl Hinojosa told The Atlantic that the “party does not believe in a litmus test.” And scores of other party leaders, including Nancy Pelosi, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, have also denounced the idea. Just last week, Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Ben Ray Luján said… Read More Why the Democratic Party Should Back Pro-Life Democrats
Christopher White writes: On the same day that Pope Francis called for an end to the “collective and arbitrary” expulsion of migrants, the U.S. bishops expressed their deep disappointment in President Donald Trump’s decision to end the parole processing system for minors seeking to enter the United States through the Central American Minors (CAM) program….… Read More Bishops Criticize Trump for Ending Program for Unaccompanied Migrant Children
Millennial writer Elizabeth Bruenig was Friday’s guest on Jesuitical. She talks about her conversion, twitter, liberalism, and having kids at a relatively young age. You can listen to her interview and the full show here: Past Millennial coverage of Jesuitical is available here. You can also subscribe and download Jesuitical on iTunes, give them feedback… Read More Elizabeth Bruenig Discusses Supporting Young Families and More on Jesuitical
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