This talk was given October 1st 2017, at St. Luke’s Parish in Darien, Connecticut, as part of an ongoing speaker series about finding Christ. — Our savior was poor. “For you know the generous act of our Lord Jesus Christ,” St. Paul wrote, “that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor,… Read More Christians Must Reshape How our Culture Views Poverty and the Poor
In his remarks at the 2017 Liberty Medal ceremony, Senator John McCain defended a values-based foreign policy and commitment to American ideals at home, contrasting them with blood and soil nationalism: To fear the world we have organized and led for three-quarters of a century, to abandon the ideals we have advanced around the globe,… Read More As Trump revives ‘America First’, John McCain Denounces Blood and Soil Nationalism
Frank Dewane of Venice, Florida, Chairman of the USCCB’s Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development: The USCCB, in unity with Pope Francis, strongly supports environmental stewardship, and has for several years called on our nation to help curb carbon emissions through a national carbon standard. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Pruitt announced that the EPA… Read More Catholic Leaders Denounce Dismantling of the Clean Power Plan
Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego writes: The month of October is “Respect Life Month” and, while our respect for life as disciples of Jesus Christ ranges from euthanasia to the death penalty to global poverty, the issue of abortion must always demand pivotal attention in American society today. This profound obligation to sustain our… Read More Bishop Robert McElroy: Respect and Defend Life
via NY Times: President Trump will scrap subsidies to health insurance companies that help pay out-of-pocket costs of low-income people, the White House said late Thursday. His plans were disclosed hours after the president ordered potentially sweeping changes in the nation’s insurance system, including sales of cheaper policies with fewer benefits and fewer protections for… Read More Trump’s Latest Attempt to Destroy Obamacare
Via Zenit: We should all feel the great responsibility to properly guard creation and to care for it, protecting it from various forms of degradation. We have the task of preserving and delivering to the future generations the planet which we received as a free gift from the goodness of God. In the face of… Read More Pope Francis: Be Defenders of Life, Guardians of Creation
via CNS: The death penalty, no matter how it is carried out, “is, in itself, contrary to the Gospel,” Pope Francis said. Marking the 25th anniversary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church at the Vatican Oct. 11, Pope Francis said the catechism’s discussion of the death penalty, already formally amended by St. John Paul… Read More Pope Francis Calls for Total Opposition to the Death Penalty
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