Heidi Schlumpf has a new article that asks if US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is whole life, featuring the responses of a few whole life Catholic commentators. She notes that “Catholics are not monolithic, some will be happy with Kavanaugh, while others have serious concerns.” This is, of course, true. Catholics don’t fit into… Read More Evaluating Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh through a Whole Life Prism

via the Montana Standard: The attendance of four Roman Catholic priests from Montana at President Donald Trump’s political rally in Great Falls Thursday has created a social media firestorm and apparently incurred the displeasure of the priests’ superiors in the church. The four, who were seated near the front of the rally, wore their clerical… Read More Bishop Comments on Imprudence of MAGA Priests at Trump Rally

Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville writes: The Social Justice magisterium is particularly subject to dismemberment into lesser, purely political parts if we do not sustain a concerted effort to connect the teaching to the person of Christ from whom it flows…. Pope Francis speaks of the “throwaway culture”, as a description that encompasses all that… Read More Radical Care Must Replace Our Throwaway Culture

Veerabhadran Ramanathan, Daniel Misleh, and Millennial writer Daniel DiLeo write: Pope Francis recently convened oil and gas corporation executives and investors to share some hard truths about fossil fuels and catastrophic climate change. In doing so, the Holy Father extended the Christian tradition of witnessing challenging truths to the public and influential members of society.… Read More Pope Francis Tells Oil and Gas Execs to Address Climate Change