Burritos, Microwaves, and Walls—Lessons in Adulting from High Schoolers

President Donald Trump recently announced that refugees from seven predominantly Muslim countries would be denied entry into the United States. As a white, American-born school teacher in a Midwest Catholic school, I didn’t anticipate that this would change my day-to-day life very much. Then a student’s prayer stopped me in my tracks. In my theology… Read More Burritos, Microwaves, and Walls—Lessons in Adulting from High Schoolers

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Fr. James Martin, EJ Dionne on the Pope Francis vs. Steve Bannon Clash

Fr. James Martin, SJ and EJ Dionne appeared on MSNBC with Karine Jean-Pierre and Joy Reid to discuss the recent reports of the alt-right alliance with radical traditionalists against Pope Francis (and Pope Benedict XVI and Saint John Paul II, as Fr. Martin astutely points out). You can read EJ Dionne’s full column on the… Read More Fr. James Martin, EJ Dionne on the Pope Francis vs. Steve Bannon Clash

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Pope Francis Denounces Myanmar’s Anti-Rohingya Atrocities

via Reuters: Pope Francis issued a stinging criticism of atrocities against Myanmar’s Rohingya minority on Wednesday, saying they had been tortured and killed simply because they wanted to live their culture and Muslim faith. The pope’s remarks at his weekly audience followed last week’s U.N. report that said security forces in the north of the… Read More Pope Francis Denounces Myanmar’s Anti-Rohingya Atrocities

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The Christian Case for Obamacare: The Healthy People Pull Up the Sick People

At a town hall in Tennessee, a Christian woman offered one of the strongest moral arguments that has been made against dismembering Obamacare and replacing it with measures that would hurt the sick and vulnerable: Seriously urge everyone to watch this entire question from a woman at GOP #Obamacare townhall in Tennessee: pic.twitter.com/8mBGE1z6Rj — MJ… Read More The Christian Case for Obamacare: The Healthy People Pull Up the Sick People

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Appeals Court Rules 3-0 to Maintain Suspension of Trump’s Refugee Ban

via Washington Post: A federal appeals court panel has maintained the freeze on President Trump’s controversial immigration order, meaning previously barred refugees and citizens from seven Muslim-majority countries can continue entering the United States. In a unanimous, 29-page opinion, three judges with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit flatly rejected the government’s… Read More Appeals Court Rules 3-0 to Maintain Suspension of Trump’s Refugee Ban

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