via Vatican News: Pope Francis told the two-day conference on Narcotics that those who fall into the snares of drugs are victims who have “lost their freedom” in return for “a new form of slavery.” Reflecting on the causes of drug addiction, the Holy Father said it results from a variety of factors: “the absence… Read More Pope Francis: Drug Addiction is a Type of Slavery
Earlier this month, Fr. Greg Boyle, the founder and executive director of Homeboy Industries, spoke at the Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice. Prior to his keynote, he shared a few thoughts with Fr. James Martin. Here are some highlights: .@FrGregBoyle: How do we locate our heart at this moment? I find mine by it breaking… Read More Fr. Greg Boyle: Love is the Answer
In response to a recent white nationalist conference in Washington DC, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum offered an important reminder and request: The Holocaust did not begin with killing; it began with words. The Museum calls on all American citizens, our religious and civic leaders, and the leadership of all branches of the government… Read More Will the Bishops Take On the Alt-Right’s Bigotry?
via Craig Timberg, Washington Post: The flood of “fake news” this election season got support from a sophisticated Russian propaganda campaign that created and spread misleading articles online with the goal of punishing Democrat Hillary Clinton, helping Republican Donald Trump and undermining faith in American democracy, say independent researchers who tracked the operation. Russia’s increasingly… Read More Russia Used Propaganda to Attack American Democracy, Support Trump
In a message to participants of the COP22 climate change meeting that took place in Marrakech, Pope Francis highlighted the “serious ethical and moral responsibility to take action and implement last year’s Paris climate-change agreement”: “The current situation of environmental degradation – Pope Francis said – which is strongly connected to the human, ethical and… Read More Pope Calls on International Community to Act in Combating Climate Change
I support legal protection for the lives of unborn children. A comprehensive, whole life approach to abortion and the defense of human life should include such a commitment. The strategy of electing candidates who promise to appoint or confirm strict constructionist conservative Supreme Court justices is deeply flawed in that regard. Donald Trump confirmed this… Read More Trump’s Pro-life Plan Includes Millions More Abortions
Senator John McCain: “I don’t give a damn what the president of the United States wants to do. We will not waterboard. We will not torture people.”
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