At Loyola University Chicago, Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego delivered the second Cardinal Bernardin lecture. Heidi Schlumpf reports: McElroy called the current polarization “heartbreaking,” contrasting it to Pope Francis’ “beautiful vision of politics” in his 2015 address to Congress. “Party” has become shorthand for worldview, he said, and party identity leads to a “cafeteria… Read More Bishop McElroy: Catholic Teaching Has Been Hijacked by Partisans

The Hill reports: House Chaplain Patrick Conroy’s sudden resignation has sparked a furor on Capitol Hill, with sources in both parties saying he was pushed out by Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.). Conroy’s own resignation announcement stated that it was done at Ryan’s request… Four different sources — two from each party — say Conroy was… Read More Paul Ryan Forces Out Catholic Priest as House Chaplain

Last Men in Aleppo director Feras Fayyad explains how Russia has launched a smear campaign against the Syria Civil Defense (the White Helmets):

via Reuters: The U.S. government is conducting an intensive examination of alleged atrocities against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslims, documenting accusations of murder, rape, beatings and other possible offenses in an investigation that could be used to prosecute Myanmar’s military for crimes against humanity, U.S. officials told Reuters. The undertaking, led by the State Department, has involved… Read More US Investigating Atrocities against Rohingya

Here are ten quotes from Gaudete et Exsultate on holiness: I like to contemplate the holiness present in the patience of God’s people: in those parents who raise their children with immense love, in those men and women who work hard to support their families, in the sick, in elderly religious who never lose their… Read More 10 Key Quotes on Holiness in Pope Francis’ Gaudete et Exsultate

Stephanie Mencimer has written one of the most important articles in recent years. It’s on alcohol, breast cancer, and the industry’s efforts to try to make moderate alcohol use seem healthy. I encourage everyone to read it in full. Here are just some of the many important points in this exceptional piece: At 47, I… Read More The Alcohol-Cancer Link and Big Alcohol’s Efforts to Downplay it

Millennial Catholic Anna Keating writes: Once openly discussed in early 20th-century America as eugenics, it was widely accepted as a moral duty for mainline Protestants and progressives to avoid having diseased or deformed children. The American Eugenics Society referred to them as “people born to be a burden on the rest.” After World War II… Read More Eugenics in a Consumerist Culture of Choice and Convenience