via The Hill: Democrats will not withhold financial support for candidates who oppose abortion rights, the chairman of the party’s campaign arm in the House said in an interview with The Hill. Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) said there will be no litmus tests for candidates as Democrats seek to find a winning roster to… Read More Democratic Campaign Chair Rejects Abortion Litmus Test, Calls for Broad Coalition

Millennial writer Elizabeth Bruenig has a new article at America on her conversion to Catholicism: As a student, I became increasingly aware of the problems these textual knots posed for the way I had been taught to relate to God: How could I read my way to God by the light of my own conscience… Read More Augustine, Property, and Converting to Catholicism

via USCCB: “In the wake of a procedural vote today that opens debate on the amendment process to reform the Affordable Care Act, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) calls on members from both political parties to work together to advance changes that serve the common good. The health care reform proposals currently… Read More US Bishops: Current Healthcare Proposals are ‘Simply Unacceptable’

Millennial writer Christopher White has a new article at the Wall Street Journal: In the aftermath of World War II, when nations throughout Europe were on the verge of collapse, the project of European integration was born to ensure that the war’s atrocities could never be repeated. There was a strong sense that those who… Read More Will the Martyrdom of Jacques Hamel Revive Solidarity in Europe?

via Vatican News: Respect, responsibility and relationship are the three themes highlighted by Pope Francis in a message addressed to the “Laudato Sì & Big Cities” conference taking place in Rio de Janeiro…. Respecting Creation is one of our “core tasks” Pope Francis writes in his strongly worded message to conference participants, and he reaffirms,… Read More Pope Urges Governments to Take the Lead in Caring for Creation