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Bishop Stowe: Pro-Lifers Should Not Sport Slogans of President Who Denigrates and Endangers Immigrants

Bishop John Stowe of the Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky writes: I am ashamed that the actions of Kentucky Catholic high school students have become a contradiction of the very reverence for human life that the march is supposed to manifest. As such, I believe that U.S. Catholics must take a look at how our support… Read More Bishop Stowe: Pro-Lifers Should Not Sport Slogans of President Who Denigrates and Endangers Immigrants

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The Pro-Life Movement: Consistency and Legitimacy vs. Embracing Trump

Michael Gerson writes: If you believe that a fetus is a member of the human family from its first moment — and millions of Americans do — then opposition to abortion is inherently a social justice issue. It is the defense of the weak and voiceless against violence…. To be consistent, of course, you would… Read More The Pro-Life Movement: Consistency and Legitimacy vs. Embracing Trump

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To be Consistent and Side with the Vulnerable, Progressive Catholics Must Defend the Unborn

MSW writes: In short, the Catholic left has cared less about its own integrity and more about strengthening ties with Democrats on other issues. Sloppy moral reasoning has employed narrow factoids and slim, exceptional cases to promote indifference on the issue. A libertarianism of the left on social issues has become as pronounced, and as… Read More To be Consistent and Side with the Vulnerable, Progressive Catholics Must Defend the Unborn

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Cardinal Seán: End the Government Shutdown

In a statement on the government shutdown, Cardinal Seán O’Malley of Boston writes: Governing the democracy of the United States is always a challenging task. It requires not only intelligence, expertise and experience but also a capacity to collaborate, cooperate and the willingness to consider appropriate compromise at decisive moments. The present moment in our… Read More Cardinal Seán: End the Government Shutdown

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Confronting the Malady of Populist Nationalism

Claire Giangravè writes: “Populism is an ancient malady. Even Christians have been faced with its force,” said Father Rocco D’ambrosio, a diocesan priest and professor of Political Philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University, in an interview with Crux Jan. 10…. D’ambrosio spoke at a conference titled “Power and populisms” along with Vincenzo Buonomo, dean of… Read More Confronting the Malady of Populist Nationalism

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Cardinal Tobin Rips Trump’s Dishonest, Dehumanizing Anti-Immigrant Speech

Cardinal Joseph Tobin released the following statement on President Trump’s speech on Tuesday night: I listened with deep disappointment to the dehumanizing words used to describe our immigrant sisters and brothers. These men, women and children are neither numbers, nor criminal statistics, but flesh and blood people with their own stories and histories. Most are… Read More Cardinal Tobin Rips Trump’s Dishonest, Dehumanizing Anti-Immigrant Speech

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