Simone Pathé writes about calls to create a big tent Democratic Party: But as the party struggles to make inroads in red states, where its economic message may resonate more than its social values, some Democrats think there needs to be more flexibility on that issue. “We talk about inclusiveness for everyone and yet when it comes to… Read More Will the Democratic Party Support Pro-life Democrats or Keep Losing?

via Vatican Radio: “All people have a right to safe drinking water.  This is a basic human right and a central issue in today’s world (cf. Laudato Si’, 30; Caritas in Veritate, 27).  This is a problem that affects everyone and is a source of great suffering in our common home.  It also cries out… Read More Pope Francis: All People Have a Right to Clean, Safe Water

In a huge victory for social justice and whole life advocates, who warned of the disastrous impact Trumpcare would have on the common good, the Republicans announced today that they are pulling the bill and moving on from healthcare, leaving Obamacare in place for the foreseeable future. Republican lawmakers lacked the votes to pass the… Read More Republicans Pull Trumpcare Bill, Will Move on From Healthcare

The president of the Catholic Health Association, Sister Carol Keehan, says that the healthcare bill being debated in Congress, which would reduce maternity and pediatric care coverage and cost over 24 million people their health insurance, is a pro-life disaster. Access to quality, affordable healthcare is a human right:

Fr. Arturo Sosa, SJ, the Superior General of the Society of Jesus, in an interview with La Stampa: What do you consider the most dangerous idol of contemporary West?  “Self-sufficiency, the idea of doing and knowing by yourself and for yourself, as individuals and as a society. Western society is convinced it can accomplish happiness,… Read More Jesuit Superior General: Self-Sufficiency is West’s Most Dangerous Idol

A 3-year-old American girl met the pope today and tried to swipe his zucchetto as a souvenir: Took my Goddaughter to meet the pope. She stole his hat! pic.twitter.com/SdSorop3uN — Mountain Butorac (@MountainButorac) March 22, 2017