A connection between anti-Pope Francis traditionalists’ cultural and political beliefs and the alt-right’s populist nationalism and rejection of Church teaching on universal human rights in favor of sectarianism has been clear for some time, despite denials from prominent columnists and others who are anti-Francis traditionalists or sympathetic to their cause. The New York Times now… Read More The Alt Right-Traditionalist Alliance vs. Pope Francis

Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark has a new article on Trump’s immigration ban: The stark, clear and urgent language of Scripture impels my brother bishops and me to call on the federal government to alter its executive actions, and instead craft a well-conceived and comprehensive approach to immigration and refugee-resettlement reform that both protects our people… Read More Cardinal Joe: Fixing Trump’s Immigration Ban is a Pro-Life Issue

Pope Francis has delivered a message expressing his hope that this year’s Super Bowl will be a sign of peace, friendship, and solidarity:

The Department of Homeland Security has announced that it is suspending all enforcement of the recent executive order on refugees and migration. The State Department also announced that tens of thousands of visas were revoked as part of the executive order—and that these are now under review with many cancellations now being reversed. This comes… Read More Breaking News: Homeland Security Suspends Trump’s Ban as He Whines on Twitter

Cardinal Seán O’Malley has a new article at the Boston Globe: President Trump’s recent executive order on immigration has produced astonishment and confusion in our country and in the international community. The primary cause of these reactions was the tone, style, and frenzied pace of the announced policy changes. They conveyed an image of the… Read More Cardinal Seán: Doing What is Just for Immigrants

At OSV, Millennial editor Robert Christian writes: “The Church must work in the coming months with unions, workers, the elderly, and the poor to counter the growing imperialism of market mechanisms within American public life,” said Bishop Robert W. McElroy of San Diego at the third “Erroneous Autonomy” conference hosted Jan. 10 by the Institute… Read More Hyperindividualism, Populist Nationalism, and the Growing Imperialism of Market Mechanisms Threaten the Common Good