via CNS: Businesses are called to promote harmony between work and family for their employees, especially for women with children or who are starting families, Pope Francis said. The pope said that many times, women who announce their pregnancy are fired from their positions, when instead they “must be protected and helped in this dual… Read More Pope Francis: Right to Work and Motherhood Must Both Be Protected
This post by Bill McCormick, SJ is also featured on The Jesuit Post. Donald Trump. Income inequality. Government shutdowns. School shootings. The refugee crisis. Immigration reform. Declining wages. Health care costs. Campaign finance. Congressional leadership. Donald Trump. Outsourcing. Culture wars. Lobbyists. Ferguson. Homelessness. Failing schools. Crony capitalism. Voter apathy. Media bias. Racial Inequality. Did I… Read More 5 Ways Gratitude Can Change American Politics
What does it mean to be pro-life? Chris Christie makes a powerful whole life case for helping those with drug addiction rather than casting them aside:
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Under the radar: The Democratic Party is in dire straits by Stephen Schneck: “Unless the party can develop new leaders able to rise above the temptations of identity politics and base-mobilizing campaigns, unless it can reorient itself to its roots in the working class, immigrants, and… Read More Around the Web
Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale has a new article at Time. He writes: Ryan is very much in the same boat of his two immediate predecessors, Nancy Pelosi and John Boehner. All three are professed Catholics. And like Pelosi and Boehner, Ryan has his own set of difficulties with the Catholic Church on social policies. For… Read More What Paul Ryan Can Learn From the Pope
Millennial writer John McCarthy has a new article at NCR. He writes: His past leadership should give us a clear picture of what we can expect from a Speaker Ryan: doubling down on the failed notion that supporting the rich will allow everyone else to prosper. This has not only been disproven countless times—but is… Read More Paul Ryan: Good for Republicans, Bad for America
via Vatican Radio: The following appeal is issued by Cardinals, Patriarchs and Bishops from across the globe representing the continental groupings of national episcopal conferences. It is addressed to those negotiating the COP 21 in Paris and it calls on them to work toward the approval of a fair, legally binding and truly transformational climate… Read More Bishops Representing Every Continent Call for Fair, Binding, Transformational Climate Agreement
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