Christians Must Resist Trump’s Rumored Muslim Registry

I’ve been invited to be a part of the president-elect’s meeting with faith leaders during his transition where he will seek our counsel. During his victory speech, Donald Trump said he wanted to be a President for everyone. If he’s serious about that, he should immediately withdraw his proposals to ban Muslims and to deport… Read More Christians Must Resist Trump’s Rumored Muslim Registry

Pope Francis: The Only Solution to the Migration Crisis is Solidarity

via Vatican News: “Today – he said – the current economic crisis unfortunately fosters attitudes of closure instead of welcome.” “In some parts of the world walls and barriers are being built. It appears that the silent work of men and women who, in different ways, do what they can to help and assist refugees… Read More Pope Francis: The Only Solution to the Migration Crisis is Solidarity

How to Respond to Trump? Fight for Democracy

Debates are swirling about what the appropriate response is to the election of the willfully ignorant, sexual assaulting, fascist coddling president-elect. The two most compelling arguments I’ve seen argue that our first responsibility is to fight for our democracy and resist reactionary attacks on our institutions and most cherished values. In the Washington Post, I… Read More How to Respond to Trump? Fight for Democracy

Pope Welcomes over 6000 People Facing Poverty, Homelessness

via Vatican Radio: Pope Francis on Friday welcomed to Rome more than 6000 people, men and women from various European nations, who have lived, or are even now, living on the street. The Jubilee for Socially Excluded Persons embraced not only the homeless, but also disadvantaged persons and people living in poverty…. All men and… Read More Pope Welcomes over 6000 People Facing Poverty, Homelessness

Archbishop Gomez of LA: Tonight in America, Children Are Afraid

via Rocco Palmo: Amid protests, fear and broader tensions in the 5 million-member (/70 percent Latino) archdiocese of Los Angeles – a scene likewise present in other major cities – in the wake of Tuesday’s vote for President-elect Trump, Archbishop José Gomez (himself a Mexican-born immigrant) delivered the following, deeply potent homily at an evening… Read More Archbishop Gomez of LA: Tonight in America, Children Are Afraid

Lack of Outreach to Religious, Pro-Life Democrats Cost Clinton

via Matt Hadro, CNA: “Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party decisively lost Tuesday’s election, thanks in large part to the party’s extreme abortion position, which alienated would-be Clinton voters,” the group Democrats for Life of America stated in a press release on Wednesday…. “Americans want to see wages rise, and they want to see more… Read More Lack of Outreach to Religious, Pro-Life Democrats Cost Clinton