Last month, Bishop Mitchell Rozanski, chairman of the USCCB Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, responded to the surge of anti-Semitic actions in the US: On behalf of the Bishops and people of the Catholic Church, as the Chairman of the Bishops’ Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, I want to express our deep sympathy,… Read More US Bishops Speak Out against Growing Displays of Anti-Semitism
As President Trump tweaks his refugee ban in the hopes of it surviving legal challenges, here’s a reminder of the many reasons to oppose any refugee ban: It’s immoral and un-American. It violates Christian moral principles and turns away from the American aspiration of being the land of the free and the home of the… Read More Top 10 Reasons to Oppose Trump’s Refugee Ban
Millennial co-founder Christopher Hale appeared on Fox News last week to talk about healthcare. His main point: any ethical reform of healthcare requires covering more, not fewer people. On CNN, John Kasich said that he will not sit silent in the face of Republican attempts to roll back the Medicaid expansion he brought to his… Read More Any Healthcare Reform Needs to Cover More, Not Fewer People
In many parts of the world, there are Christians who are persecuted simply because of the fact that they are Christians. They need not only our material help but also our prayer:
Check out these recent articles from around the web: A Larger Solidarity ‘Populorum Progressio’ at Fifty by Barry Hudock: “Attentiveness to “human” elements of development—including culture, community, family, the environment, and human rights—yields an integral human development. This line of argument reflected the influence of some of the brightest lights of the Catholic intellectual world… Read More Around the Web
The Diocese of Tulsa announced today that their twitter account had been hacked, which is why the following tweet was published: This has led to speculation that the Diocese of Syracuse has also been hacked by a right-wing hacker, because of the following tweet: Pray for Wisdom for @POTUS as he deals with the events… Read More Why is the Diocese of Syracuse Posting Pro-Trump Propaganda?
Around the Horn host Tony Reali writes in the Washington Post: I’ve been on national television for 16 years and for all 16 I wore an ash on Ash Wednesday. I am grateful to ESPN and fortunate to work in an environment that allows me to be myself. But it’s shocking to me that I’m… Read More ESPN’s Tony Reali on Why He Wears Ashes on TV
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