In a huge victory for social justice and whole life advocates, who warned of the disastrous impact Trumpcare would have on the common good, the Republicans announced today that they are pulling the bill and moving on from healthcare, leaving Obamacare in place for the foreseeable future. Republican lawmakers lacked the votes to pass the… Read More Republicans Pull Trumpcare Bill, Will Move on From Healthcare
The president of the Catholic Health Association, Sister Carol Keehan, says that the healthcare bill being debated in Congress, which would reduce maternity and pediatric care coverage and cost over 24 million people their health insurance, is a pro-life disaster. Access to quality, affordable healthcare is a human right:
The phrase “social justice” tends to trigger a wide range of responses depending on where one lands on the political spectrum. For some, it’s a pejorative. For others, a badge of honor. Either way, from a secular perspective, social justice is often viewed through the prism of partisan politics. But for Catholics, it’s something much… Read More Stop the Excuses: Working for Social Justice is Not Optional for Catholics
Fr. Arturo Sosa, SJ, the Superior General of the Society of Jesus, in an interview with La Stampa: What do you consider the most dangerous idol of contemporary West? “Self-sufficiency, the idea of doing and knowing by yourself and for yourself, as individuals and as a society. Western society is convinced it can accomplish happiness,… Read More Jesuit Superior General: Self-Sufficiency is West’s Most Dangerous Idol
Pope Francis: “The throwaway culture is not of Jesus. The other is my brother, beyond every barrier of nationality, social extraction, or religion.”
A 3-year-old American girl met the pope today and tried to swipe his zucchetto as a souvenir: Took my Goddaughter to meet the pope. She stole his hat! pic.twitter.com/SdSorop3uN — Mountain Butorac (@MountainButorac) March 22, 2017
