via USCCB: We thank God for the blessings of liberty. The American people have spoken in this election. Now is the time for our leaders to come together in a spirit of national unity and to commit themselves to dialogue and compromise for the common good…. Democracy requires that all of us conduct ourselves as… Read More US Bishops Congratulate Joe Biden on Winning the 2020 Presidential Election
The votes are still being tallied in the 2020 elections, but Fr. James Martin has already offered a simple reminder about the task ahead: What is our task? In many ways, it is same as before the election: to work for the dignity of all human life: the unborn, the migrant and refugee, the Black… Read More What is Our Task After the Election?
Bishop John Stowe writes: Many prominent Catholics, including clerics, have taken to social media and other outlets to denounce those who would vote for one or the other party. Some seem to want to make the moral decision for everyone else and have proclaimed that voting for a particular candidate is either a matter of… Read More Bishop Stowe: Neither Party Consistently Defends Life
Justin Giboney, an attorney and political strategist in Atlanta, GA, is the co-founder and president of the AND Campaign. In the debut episode of the Whole Life Rising podcast, a new podcast from Millennial and Democrats for Life of America, he discusses the AND Campaign and its Whole Life Project, efforts to advance racial justice,… Read More Why Defending Human Dignity Requires a Whole Life Approach, Racial Justice, and Secure Voting Rights
Meghan Clark writes: Our moral obligation to our neighbor, as explicated in Chapter 2, provides the lens through which the encyclical’s passages on international economics, private property and the universal destination of goods should be examined. While they are fiery in tone and uncompromising in judgment, the economic passages in Fratelli Tutti mostly restate the… Read More Our Moral Obligations Are Not Bound by Borders
Michael J. O’Loughlin writes: Gay couples deserve legal protections for their relationships, Pope Francis said in a new documentary. Also in the film, which premiered in Rome on Oct. 21, less than two weeks before the U.S. presidential election, the pope condemns the Trump administration’s child separation policy at the U.S.-Mexico border, which he calls… Read More Pope States Support for Same-Sex Civil Unions
Who do you think will win the 2020 presidential election? It is a question I have been asked countless times. And my answer has remained the same for months: anything is possible, but Biden is a strong favorite, assuming the election is free and fair (sadly a big assumption). The case for Biden as a… Read More Why Joe Biden is a Strong Favorite to Win
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