Millennial writer Elizabeth Bruenig writes: After the mass shooting before last, conservative pundit Bill O’Reilly articulated what anti-gun-control politics seem to presume but rarely admit: that blood is the cost of the right to bear arms. “This is the price of freedom,” O’Reilly wrote on his blog, referring to the dozens killed in Las Vegas.… Read More Our Broken Understanding of Freedom Fuels Gun Violence

via USCCB: Bishop Joe S. Vásquez of Austin, Texas, chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration, expresses his opposition to the Administration’s decision to end refugee processing for individuals in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala who apply to enter the U.S. through the Central American Minors (CAM) program. Bishop Vasquez notes… Read More US Bishops Oppose Trump’s Termination of Central American Minors (CAM) Program

Millennial editor Robert Christian writes: What was the pro-life movement like before the Supreme Court transformed American politics with its ruling in Roe v. Wade? This question would stump most people, including many pro-life activists. Generally, most people associate the pro-life movement with the rise of the religious right and the election of Ronald Reagan… Read More Before Roe, New Deal Democrats Led the Pro-Life Movement

via Vatican Radio: Omission is also the great sin where the poor are concerned. Here it has a specific name: indifference. It is when we say, “That doesn’t regard me; it’s not my business; it’s society’s problem”. It is when we turn away from a brother or sister in need, when we change channels as… Read More Pope Francis: Our Indifference to the Poor is a Great Sin of Omission

Christopher White writes: This year alone, over 13,000 people have died as a result of gun violence in this country. And according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an average of 93 Americans is killed by guns each day based on data from the past five years. It’s for this reason that the… Read More Take Action against Gun Violence

Michael O’Loughlin reports for America: Catholic bishops say the G.O.P.-backed tax reform plan is “unconscionable” and “unacceptable,” pointing to “fundamental structural flaws” that they say “will raise income taxes on the working poor while simultaneously providing a large tax cut to the wealthy.” In a letter sent to members of the House of Representatives, three… Read More US Bishops: Republican Tax Plan is Unconscionable and Unacceptable