In an interview with Inés San Martín, Cardinal Peter Turkson calls pro-life and environmental activism inseparable: I mean, care for human life and pro-life activism essentially resonates with the message for climate change. What climate change is saying is that the present state of the climate is a menace to human life itself. It’s not… Read More Pope Francis Wants Action on Climate Change, a Life Issue
Colin Kaepernick—the very mention of his name elicits strong reactions from football fans. Last August, as a quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, Kaepernick began kneeling during the national anthem in protest of ongoing police violence against black men and women around the country. The decision sparked considerable controversy and has likely cost Kaepernick his… Read More Colin Kaepernick’s Opposition is an Act of Solidarity
New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu explains the problem with Confederate monuments: Jonathan Chait explains that Confederate monuments are propaganda — not history:
via the USCCB: The President and Vice President along with Chairmen of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) have issued a statement denouncing the Administration’s termination of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program after six months…. “The cancellation of the DACA program is reprehensible. It causes unnecessary fear for DACA youth and… Read More USCCB: Cancellation of DACA is Reprehensible
Maura Healey, attorney general of Massachusetts, and Cardinal Seán O’Malley, Archbishop of Boston, write: Scripture teaches us that we should welcome the stranger, for we were once strangers ourselves. That simple lesson offers special meaning for us in America. We remain the immigrant nation, a country founded and sustained by those who came here in… Read More Cardinal Seán and MA AG: Don’t Turn Your Back on Dreamers, President Trump
Pope Francis: “Lord, teach us to contemplate you in the beauty of creation and reawaken our gratitude and sense of responsibility.”
Here are some highlights from the statement Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew issued on today’s World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation: The earth was entrusted to us as a sublime gift and legacy, for which all of us share responsibility until, “in the end”, all things in heaven and on earth will… Read More Pope and Patriarch: Heal Our Wounded Creation
