Bishop Mark Seitz writes: Since Inauguration Day, the Trump administration has taken aggressive and extensive actions to restrict migration and to target immigrants already living in our country. These actions include the effective and total suspension of asylum and international protection at our border, the ending of U.S. commitment to refugees around the world, and… Read More Bishop Seitz: Trump’s Dystopian Immigration Policies and Rhetoric Are Morally Indefensible

Archbishop John C. Wester writes: The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a budget reconciliation bill that is contrary to Catholic social teaching. The bill is now waiting to be debated in the Senate. It should be strongly opposed. Moreover, the church and the bishops of the United States should lead the way in speaking… Read More Trump’s Bill Steals From the Poor to Give to the Rich, says Archbishop John Wester

Recent headlines have highlighted a growing rift between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk. This brings to the forefront a reality we have lived with for a long time—namely, that a class of ultra-wealthy individuals holds significant sway over many of the most critical decisions in life, government, and society. Political parties often accuse their… Read More Elon, Trump, and the Moral Reckoning

via Ruth Graham, Elizabeth Dias, and Jason Horowitz: Almost 40 years ago, an American graduate student in Rome was closely examining the question of what it meant to be a wise and effective leader in the Catholic Church. Today, the doctoral dissertation that Robert Prevost produced in the mid-1980s is one of the most detailed… Read More Pope Leo on Power and Authority in His Doctoral Dissertation