When Voting, Issues Matter But Protecting American Democracy is Essential

When surveying the various Catholic arguments over which presidential candidate deserves the support of American Catholics, a revealing pattern quickly emerges. Catholics write compellingly about the immorality of abortion, racism, family separation at the border, the use of force on peaceful protestors, and the death penalty. Many Catholics clearly understand ourselves within a moral universe,… Read More When Voting, Issues Matter But Protecting American Democracy is Essential

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Pope Francis on Universal Fraternity and Social Friendship: We Are Either All Saved Together or No One is Saved

Highlights from Pope Francis in chapter 4 of Fratelli Tutti: Ideally, unnecessary migration ought to be avoided; this entails creating in countries of origin the conditions needed for a dignified life and integral development. Yet until substantial progress is made in achieving this goal, we are obliged to respect the right of all individuals to… Read More Pope Francis on Universal Fraternity and Social Friendship: We Are Either All Saved Together or No One is Saved

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Why Defending Human Dignity Requires a Whole Life Approach, Racial Justice, and Secure Voting Rights

Justin Giboney, an attorney and political strategist in Atlanta, GA, is the co-founder and president of the AND Campaign. In the debut episode of the Whole Life Rising podcast, a new podcast from Millennial and Democrats for Life of America, he discusses the AND Campaign and its Whole Life Project, efforts to advance racial justice,… Read More Why Defending Human Dignity Requires a Whole Life Approach, Racial Justice, and Secure Voting Rights

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Our Moral Obligations Are Not Bound by Borders

Meghan Clark writes: Our moral obligation to our neighbor, as explicated in Chapter 2, provides the lens through which the encyclical’s passages on international economics, private property and the universal destination of goods should be examined. While they are fiery in tone and uncompromising in judgment, the economic passages in Fratelli Tutti mostly restate the… Read More Our Moral Obligations Are Not Bound by Borders

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Pope States Support for Same-Sex Civil Unions

Michael J. O’Loughlin writes: Gay couples deserve legal protections for their relationships, Pope Francis said in a new documentary. Also in the film, which premiered in Rome on Oct. 21, less than two weeks before the U.S. presidential election, the pope condemns the Trump administration’s child separation policy at the U.S.-Mexico border, which he calls… Read More Pope States Support for Same-Sex Civil Unions

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