via the Vatican: In this time of uncertainty and anguish, I invite everyone to welcome the gift of hope that comes from Christ. It is He who helps us navigate the tumultuous waters of sickness, death and injustice, which do not have the last word over our final destination. The pandemic has exposed and aggravated… Read More Pope: The Pandemic Has Exposed How Much Damage is Caused by Extreme Economic Inequality

Partisan priests and even bishops have begun campaigning for their preferred party and pressuring Catholic voters to follow their lead, causing unrest among quite a few American Catholics. Fr. James Martin, SJ. offers some simple advice to those hearing such messages: Neither a bishop, nor a priest, nor a sister, nor anyone, can or should… Read More Fr. James Martin: Know the Gospels and Church Teaching, Vote Your Conscience

Christopher White reports: Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, has endorsed a video that includes anti-immigrant remarks and homophobic slurs by a priest of Wisconsin in which the priest claims, “You cannot be Catholic and be a Democrat.” The video was released Aug. 30 by Fr. James Altman, pastor of St. James the Less Catholic… Read More Conspiracy Theorist Bishop from Texas Endorses Bizarre Right-Wing Video

via the Vatican: The pandemic has exposed the plight of the poor and the great inequality that reigns in the world. And the virus, while it does not distinguish between people, has found, in its devastating path, great inequalities and discrimination. And it has exacerbated them! The response to the pandemic is therefore dual. On… Read More Pope: The Preferential Option for the Poor Must Shape Our Response to the Pandemic