In what comes as little surprise to most quality counterterrorism experts, Rukmini Callimachi of the New York Times reports that ISIS is celebrating President Trump’s immigration ban: 8. The resident said ISIS has been openly celebrating the ban. They’ve even coined a phrase for it: الحظر المبارك Or “The Blessed Ban” — Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) February… Read More ISIS Loves Trump’s Refugee Ban
As a certain group of right-wing American Catholics continues to promote free market fundamentalism—sometimes very amiably with rhetorical commitments to a (diminished) social safety net and maybe even with a nod to an increase in the earned income tax credit—Pope Francis has once again affirmed the Church’s fundamental opposition to this ideology (however cleverly marketed)… Read More Pope Francis Challenges Profit-Obsessed Capitalism and Our Complacency
In October, the three recipients of 2016’s CRS Egan Fellowship traveled with Catholic Relief Services to Guatemala and Honduras to cover the root causes of the migration crisis. As Donald Trump attempts to make good on his promise to build a wall and increase restrictions on immigration, it is an important time to consider the… Read More As Trump Pursues Hardline Immigration Policies, a Look at Guatemala and Honduras
A connection between anti-Pope Francis traditionalists’ cultural and political beliefs and the alt-right’s populist nationalism and rejection of Church teaching on universal human rights in favor of sectarianism has been clear for some time, despite denials from prominent columnists and others who are anti-Francis traditionalists or sympathetic to their cause. The New York Times now… Read More The Alt Right-Traditionalist Alliance vs. Pope Francis
During the last presidential election, it was not unusual for commentators to reference Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton as a counter-narrative to the rise of Donald Trump. The story of an immigrant, who was integrally involved in the American experiment, who was concerned about the dangers of populist politics in particular, resonated with many across the political… Read More A Politics of Memory and Hope: The Catholic Political Ethos of In the Heights
Cardinal Joseph Tobin of Newark has a new article on Trump’s immigration ban: The stark, clear and urgent language of Scripture impels my brother bishops and me to call on the federal government to alter its executive actions, and instead craft a well-conceived and comprehensive approach to immigration and refugee-resettlement reform that both protects our people… Read More Cardinal Joe: Fixing Trump’s Immigration Ban is a Pro-Life Issue
Check out these recent articles from around the web: Pursuing Integral Peace: How to Resist Trump’s Politics of Despair by Anna Rowlands: “Taking dignity seriously as a path to peace requires an active resistance to the standing temptation we face towards the “herding” of people according to mass categories and group identities, these are forms… Read More Around the Web
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