via CNS: In Malawi, where 40 percent of the population needs food aid, the country’s bishops have called for international help to avert a crisis. It is “disheartening and painful to think of our 6.5 million brothers and sisters” needing humanitarian assistance, the Episcopal Conference of Malawi said in a July 1 statement signed by… Read More International Assistance Needed to Address Food Crisis in Malawi
Pope Francis: “In a broken world, to communicate with mercy means to help create closeness between the children of God.”
Earlier today, President Obama released the following statement: All Americans should be deeply troubled by the fatal shootings of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota. We’ve seen such tragedies far too many times, and our hearts go out to the families and communities who’ve suffered such a painful… Read More President Obama on Alton Sterling and Philando Castile
That indigenous peoples, whose identity and very existence are threatened, will be shown due respect.
Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso has a new op-ed on those fleeing violence in Central America. He writes: In the midst of the Syria crisis, however, we must not overlook the children fleeing violence in Central America, asking for help right here in our own backyards. As I have witnessed with my own eyes, the safety… Read More Show Mercy to Central Americans Fleeing Violence
Pope Francis: “The Saints are not supermen, nor were they born perfect. When they recognized God’s love, they followed it and served others.”
via Michael O’Loughlin: The draft (of the Democratic Party platform), which will be voted on later this month at the party’s convention in Philadelphia, echoes calls from presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton to overturn the so-called Hyde Amendment. The rule, first introduced in 1976 by Republican Congressman Henry Hyde, a Catholic, bars Medicaid from funding… Read More A Small Tent Party: Why Is the Democratic Party Pushing Out Over 20 Million Voters?
