It has been a week, only a week, since President Donald Trump took office. As I look back at the previous week, I cannot believe it has only been one week. Constant tweeting and talk about crowd sizes is dangerous misdirection – the overwhelming theme of the week, in my opinion, was violence. The World… Read More The Normalization of Violence: Week One in the Trump Era
In the waning days of summer in 2015, a three-year-old boarded a boat with his father to make the journey from the resort town of Bodrum to the Greek island of Kos. Clad, as any three-year-old might be, in blue shorts and a red t-shirt, he was just another among the nameless, faceless migrants fleeing… Read More Children Deserve the Best
As the Trump administration moves quickly to achieve its policy objectives and the March for Life approaches, a number of writers have analyzed the current state of the pro-life movement and its future prospects. Among the conclusions they have drawn are that the movement must reject a hyperpartisan mindset and that it is necessary to… Read More Momentum Builds for a Less Partisan, More ‘Whole Life’ Pro-Life Approach
Cardinal Joseph Tobin: “A fearful nation talks about building walls and is vulnerable to con men. We must challenge the fear before we are led into darkness.”
Pope Francis: “No one is a stranger in the Christian community. #migrants”
via Fr. James Martin, SJ: President Trump has announced that he will order the construction of a Mexican border wall, the first in a series of actions to crack down on immigrants, which will include slashing the number of refugees who can resettle in the United States, and blocking Syrians and others from what are… Read More Trump’s Refugee Policies are Manifestly Unchristian
A few years ago I found myself in an airport terminal with time to spare before boarding my flight. Ambling among the gates, I stopped to peruse a shelf of paperbacks until The Opposite of Loneliness by Marina Keegan caught my eye. Keegan delivered an address by the same name at her graduation from Yale… Read More Millions Marching: From Loneliness to Communion
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