In an interview with Inés San Martín, Cardinal Peter Turkson calls pro-life and environmental activism inseparable: I mean, care for human life and pro-life activism essentially resonates with the message for climate change. What climate change is saying is that the present state of the climate is a menace to human life itself. It’s not… Read More Pope Francis Wants Action on Climate Change, a Life Issue

New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu explains the problem with Confederate monuments: Jonathan Chait explains that Confederate monuments are propaganda — not history:

via the USCCB: The President and Vice President along with Chairmen of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) have issued a statement denouncing the Administration’s termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program after six months…. “The cancellation of the DACA program is reprehensible. It causes unnecessary fear for DACA youth and… Read More USCCB: Cancellation of DACA is Reprehensible

Maura Healey, attorney general of Massachusetts, and Cardinal Seán O’Malley, Archbishop of Boston, write: Scripture teaches us that we should welcome the stranger, for we were once strangers ourselves. That simple lesson offers special meaning for us in America. We remain the immigrant nation, a country founded and sustained by those who came here in… Read More Cardinal Seán and MA AG: Don’t Turn Your Back on Dreamers, President Trump

Here are some highlights from the statement Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew issued on today’s World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation: The earth was entrusted to us as a sublime gift and legacy, for which all of us share responsibility until, “in the end”, all things in heaven and on earth will… Read More Pope and Patriarch: Heal Our Wounded Creation

In response to an article on Paul Ryan, Catholic social teaching, and economics, millennial Catholic Michael Bayer offered a series of tweets that explain why Catholic social teaching on social and economic justice is not just a set of suggestions, but authoritative teaching: Mr. Strain is correct that “the Catholic faith is much larger than… Read More Catholic Teaching on Economic Justice is Authoritative, Not a “Resource”

Sister Erica Jordan generated headlines when she challenged Paul Ryan to explain how he reconciled his approach to tax reform and healthcare with his Catholic faith and the Church’s teachings. At Commonweal, John Gehring interviewed Sister Jordan, and she offered her thoughts on Ryan’s response: It’s unconscionable that our elected officials feel free to do… Read More Nun Who Challenged Paul Ryan Was Unimpressed With His Weak Response