Quote of the Day
Pope Francis: “Peace must be built on justice, on integral human development, on respect for human rights, on the protection of creation.”
Around the Web
Check out these recent articles from around the web: I’m a pro-life evangelical. Republicans are pushing a health care bill that isn’t. by Katelyn Beaty: “As it stands, the AHCA would create economic barriers that make it very difficult for women to choose to bring children into the world. A health care bill that prohibitively… Read More Around the Web
There is No Compelling Argument against Food Stamps
Millennial writer Meghan Clark writes: It turns out that feeding hungry people is good economic policy. It is also what the Gospels require. Matthew 25’s account of the Last Judgment could not be clearer. When Jesus is asked by what standard God will judge us, whether or not we fed the hungry is there in… Read More There is No Compelling Argument against Food Stamps
The AHCA Doesn’t Meet Catholic Social Teaching, Pro-Life Standards
On May 4, Congressional Republicans gathered in the Rose Garden at the White House to celebrate a 217-213 vote to pass H.R. 1628 (the American Health Care Act, or the AHCA) that finally accomplished something they had tried more than 50 times before: to repeal and replace the ACA, also known as “Obamacare” (even though… Read More The AHCA Doesn’t Meet Catholic Social Teaching, Pro-Life Standards
‘Mostly Toddlers’ Among 31 Drowned
via Reuters: At least 31 people — mostly young children — drowned Wednesday after falling from a packed migrant boat while trying to reach Europe from North Africa, rescuers said. The vessel, one of a group off the Libya coast, listed suddenly, sending about 200 occupants tumbling into the Mediterranean Sea, Italian Coast Guard commander… Read More ‘Mostly Toddlers’ Among 31 Drowned
Trump’s Budget Cuts Target the Poor and Vulnerable
via the USCCB: Earlier today, President Trump unveiled a budget plan that calls for a sharp increase in military and immigration enforcement spending and stark cuts across much of the rest of the government including the elimination of dozens of long-standing federal programs that assist the poor and most vulnerable among us…. The cuts could… Read More Trump’s Budget Cuts Target the Poor and Vulnerable
Pope Francis Gives Trump Laudato Si, as Big Climate Decision Looms
via Margaret Talev and Lorenzo Totaro: Pope Francis joined an international chorus urging Donald Trump to meet U.S. commitments on climate change in talks at the Vatican Wednesday. Francis gave the U.S. president a copy of his 2015 encyclical calling for urgent, drastic cuts in fossil-fuel emissions after a half-hour meeting in his private study. Francis’s… Read More Pope Francis Gives Trump Laudato Si, as Big Climate Decision Looms
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