via Sisters of the Holy Cross: We, Sisters of the Holy Cross, have watched in recent weeks as the presidential administration in the United States has targeted people living in situations of poverty and vulnerability in its own country and around the world. As women who proclaim that the Gospel is our rule of life,… Read More Sisters of the Holy Cross Denounce the Cruelty of the Trump Administration’s Executive Actions

Here are some highlights from Cardinal Robert McElroy’s homily at his Solemn Mass of Installation as the archbishop of Washington: Christian hope – the conviction that in our moments of greatest need God will find a way to stand with us, this is the theme and challenge of the Holy Year we are now celebrating… Read More The Call to Be Pilgrims of Hope in a Wounded World

via Georgetown’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life: It’s sometimes difficult to be both a committed Republican or Democrat and a committed Catholic. In the United States, neither party’s priorities reflect the full range of Catholic social teaching, and at the same time, political parties are powerful tools for organizing citizens around particular… Read More Can Catholics Be Faithful and Partisan?

Christopher White writes: After all, this is a pontiff who chose to visit the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa on his very first trip outside of Rome following his election as pope to pay tribute to the lives of migrants lost at sea and spotlight the “globalization of indifference” towards their plight. So this week, on Feb.… Read More Pope Francis Challenges Trump-Vance on Immigration, Bad Theology

via PBS NewsHour: New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including the ongoing challenge to constitutional guardrails and the position of the United States on the global stage.

Christopher Hale writes: On Sunday, Vance launched a scathing critique of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops—an umbrella organization of the bishops who lead the Catholic Church in America—accusing them of having financial motivations for their opposition to the administration’s new immigration policy, which permits ICE raids in churches and schools…. The bishops, long… Read More MAGA’s Catholic Problem

via the White House: Today, President Biden spoke with His Holiness Pope Francis and named him as a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation’s highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the United… Read More Pope Francis Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction