Quote of the Day
Archbishop José Gomez: “It is clear that we need a new politics — a politics of the heart that emphasizes mercy, love, and solidarity.”
Archbishop José Gomez: “It is clear that we need a new politics — a politics of the heart that emphasizes mercy, love, and solidarity.”
via The Atlantic: Democratic National Committee Chair Tom Perez plans to meet with pro-life group Democrats for Life of America, amid an ongoing controversy within the party over whether and to what extent Democrats should pursue voters who oppose abortion. Democrats for Life advocates for pro-life Democrats and describes itself as “the pro-life voice of… Read More DNC to Meet with Pro-Life Democrats
via AP: Pope Francis embraced weeping mothers, fathers and children with Huntington’s Disease on Thursday as he sought to remove the stigma of an incurable genetic disorder that causes such devastating physical and psychiatric effects that its sufferers are often shunned and abandoned. One by one, Francis blessed and greeted each of the family members… Read More Pope Francis Meets with Huntington’s Disease Patients
via NY Times: President Trump asked the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, to shut down the federal investigation into Mr. Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn, in an Oval Office meeting in February, according to a memo Mr. Comey wrote shortly after the meeting. “I hope you can let this go,” the president… Read More Comey Memo Says Trump Asked Him to Shut Down Flynn Investigation
Pope Francis: “Access to food and water is a basic human right, yet so many members of our human family, especially children, continue to suffer from hunger and thirst.”
via Washington Post: The Syrian government has constructed and is using a crematorium inside its notorious Sednaya military prison outside Damascus to clandestinely dispose of thousands of prisoners it continues to execute inside the facility. At least 50 prisoners a day are executed in the prison, some in mass hangings, said Stuart Jones, the acting… Read More Assad Regime Using Crematorium to Burn Victims’ Bodies
Pope Francis: “If you want to find God, seek him where he is hidden: in the neediest, the sick, the hungry, the imprisoned.”