In a series of tweets, Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago wrote: The president’s misguided decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord does not diminish our responsibility to care for the planet. Environmental stewardship is a global issue and requires a spirit of cooperation, not the national individualism sadly displayed yesterday. Climate change is real.… Read More Cardinal Cupich Knocks Trump’s ‘Misguided’ Climate Move as Moral Failure

Bishop Oscar Cantú of Las Cruces, Chairman of the USCCB Committee on International Justice and Peace, has issued the following statement (via the USCCB): “The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is on record supporting prudent action to mitigate the worst impacts of climate change. Our Conference of Bishops has vigorously promoted the teaching… Read More US Bishops to Trump: Don’t Abandon the Paris Agreement

Millennial writer Christopher White profiles Steve Schneck at Crux: With that in mind, economics, immigration, and poverty became the three pillars of the Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies. “I’m especially proud of where I think we really contributed to these conversations both in the Church and in American public life in general,” Schneck… Read More Christopher White Profiles Steve Schneck

Millennial writer Meghan Clark writes: It turns out that feeding hungry people is good economic policy. It is also what the Gospels require. Matthew 25’s account of the Last Judgment could not be clearer. When Jesus is asked by what standard God will judge us, whether or not we fed the hungry is there in… Read More There is No Compelling Argument against Food Stamps