Bishop Edward Weisenburger recently penned an article in America: The bishops of Kansas, along with the staff of the Kansas Catholic Conference, undertook a careful survey of the more pressing social issues of our state. We concluded that among the structural evils affecting the poor, predatory lending—also known as payday lending—stands out as especially cruel.… Read More Catholics Must Confront Predatory Lending
Fr. Rick Malloy, SJ reflects on the pope’s environmental message and how it relates to the US national parks:
Every Christmas morning, my friend Sean’s parents would load their three sons into the family car and head to a local soup kitchen. Sean and his brothers would help out by putting napkins and flatware on the tables, then a hot meal would be served and gifts distributed to the patrons. Sean’s dad sometimes dressed… Read More Social Justice Lessons of Christmas
Many Christians in the United States and throughout the globe have tried to excuse Bashar al-Assad’s tyrannical rule of Syria because he claims to be protecting Christian minorities from terrorists in the region. But let’s be clear: he’s using Christians as a political shield to deflect attention from his widespread violence and murderous campaign against… Read More On Syria, Silence Never Again
Streets in Aleppo are filled with the bombed, burned, and shot bodies of innocent civilians—the result of the latest atrocities perpetrated by a regime that has killed over 450,000 people with the assistance of its murderous allies. US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power placed these atrocities in their proper historical context: Aleppo will join… Read More Assad, Iran, Russia: “Are You Truly Incapable of Shame?”
Conservative, independent 2016 presidential candidate Evan McMullin, a former Republican staffer, has offered his guide on what Americans should do “if Trump governs as an authoritarian like he has promised”: Read and learn the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. Know that our basic rights are inalienable. Identify and follow many… Read More 10 Things to Do if Trump Governs as an Authoritarian
via the Washington Post: The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, according to officials briefed on the matter. Intelligence agencies have identified individuals with connections to the Russian government… Read More CIA: Russia Intervened to Help Trump Win the Presidency
