via Vatican Radio: Pope Francis on Friday welcomed to Rome more than 6000 people, men and women from various European nations, who have lived, or are even now, living on the street. The Jubilee for Socially Excluded Persons embraced not only the homeless, but also disadvantaged persons and people living in poverty…. All men and… Read More Pope Welcomes over 6000 People Facing Poverty, Homelessness
via Rocco Palmo: Amid protests, fear and broader tensions in the 5 million-member (/70 percent Latino) archdiocese of Los Angeles – a scene likewise present in other major cities – in the wake of Tuesday’s vote for President-elect Trump, Archbishop José Gomez (himself a Mexican-born immigrant) delivered the following, deeply potent homily at an evening… Read More Archbishop Gomez of LA: Tonight in America, Children Are Afraid
via Matt Hadro, CNA: “Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party decisively lost Tuesday’s election, thanks in large part to the party’s extreme abortion position, which alienated would-be Clinton voters,” the group Democrats for Life of America stated in a press release on Wednesday…. “Americans want to see wages rise, and they want to see more… Read More Lack of Outreach to Religious, Pro-Life Democrats Cost Clinton
Catholic high school girls in Queens, NY harassing African-Americans on a NYC bus, suggesting they move to the back of the bus now that Trump is president. The Muslim center at New York University being vandalized. Multiple stories from across the nation of young Muslim women having their hijabs pulled off and ethnic slurs thrown… Read More Unity in Trump’s America Must Begin with Protecting Vulnerable Communities
The Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life and the Institute of Politics and Public Service at Georgetown University hosted an event Thursday night: Election 2016: What Happened, Why, and What Does It Mean?. The panel was moderated by John Carr and featured Robert Costa, E.J. Dionne, and Michael Gerson of the Washington Post… Read More How Did Trump Win, Why, and What Does It Mean?
That the countries which take in a great number of displaced persons and refugees may find support for their efforts, which show solidarity:
Thank God that’s over. For the better part of two years now we have endured the grating sounds of the presidential candidates’ name-calling and heckling. We have listened to them criticize each other’s worst flaws and those of their supporters. Week after week we have been told that America has lost its greatness, that it… Read More Thank God the Election Is Over…Except It Isn’t
