Check out these recent articles from around the web on the election of Donald Trump: Citizens, United by Jonathan Chait: “Democracy will not disappear overnight, but it can be eroded over time. The fight to defend it must be joined in full.” Trump’s election: What it means for the USCCB and the Church by Michael… Read More Around the Web: Reactions to Trump’s Victory
Pope Francis: “I invite all of the institutions of the world to give a voice to all of those who suffer silently from hunger. #ZeroHunger”
via Vatican News: “Today – he said – the current economic crisis unfortunately fosters attitudes of closure instead of welcome.” “In some parts of the world walls and barriers are being built. It appears that the silent work of men and women who, in different ways, do what they can to help and assist refugees… Read More Pope Francis: The Only Solution to the Migration Crisis is Solidarity
via Vatican Radio: Pope Francis on Friday welcomed to Rome more than 6000 people, men and women from various European nations, who have lived, or are even now, living on the street. The Jubilee for Socially Excluded Persons embraced not only the homeless, but also disadvantaged persons and people living in poverty…. All men and… Read More Pope Welcomes over 6000 People Facing Poverty, Homelessness
via Rocco Palmo: Amid protests, fear and broader tensions in the 5 million-member (/70 percent Latino) archdiocese of Los Angeles – a scene likewise present in other major cities – in the wake of Tuesday’s vote for President-elect Trump, Archbishop José Gomez (himself a Mexican-born immigrant) delivered the following, deeply potent homily at an evening… Read More Archbishop Gomez of LA: Tonight in America, Children Are Afraid
via Matt Hadro, CNA: “Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party decisively lost Tuesday’s election, thanks in large part to the party’s extreme abortion position, which alienated would-be Clinton voters,” the group Democrats for Life of America stated in a press release on Wednesday…. “Americans want to see wages rise, and they want to see more… Read More Lack of Outreach to Religious, Pro-Life Democrats Cost Clinton
The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life and the Institute of Politics and Public Service at Georgetown University hosted an event Thursday night: Election 2016: What Happened, Why, and What Does It Mean?. The panel was moderated by John Carr and featured Robert Costa, E.J. Dionne, and Michael Gerson of the Washington Post… Read More How Did Trump Win, Why, and What Does It Mean?
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