Pat Robertson and others appear to have abandoned the notion that political action has the ability to improve the lives of the governed.
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Iowa court upholds state’s requiring 72-hour waiting period for abortions
Currently, 27 states have implemented waiting periods for abortion, ranging from 18 to 72 hours.
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Catholic schools in Miami find room for Puerto Rican students
“Nobody will be turned away; we will try to find a way to accommodate everybody.”
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Exploring domestic violence in Catholic families, and how the church can help
This week’s guest is Dr. Christauria Welland. Dr. Welland is a clinical psychologist in San Diego, and the founder of Pax in Familia, an organization dedicated to improving pastoral responses to violence in Catholic families. She recently wrote an article for America in commemoration of Domestic Violence Awareness month: “Caring for the most vulnerable: undocumented […]
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Hundreds of U.S. Catholic leaders challenge President Trump on Iran and North Korea
The president’s threats, according to the statement, “have brought the world to the brink of a nuclear catastrophe and have intensified global insecurity.”
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Catholic schools among casualties of California wildfires
Bishop Vasa called on all Catholics of the diocese to help their brothers and sisters who “have been severely impacted by the devastating fires and are in immediate need of your prayers.”
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Are you Latino or Hispanic?
For National Hispanic Heritage month, we ask: Do you prefer “Hispanic” or “Latino”?
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God Bless America!
From the archives (June 17, 1961) From the Eternal City, where he is engaged in historical research, Fr. Dunne, S.J., tells how it feels to read the news from back home the morning after a race riot in Alabama. In seven consecutive issues in June and July, 1949, America published what was later to become […]
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Jesuit groups call Trump’s border wall a distraction as migrants suffer
Poverty and criminal violence are pushing hundreds of thousands of people northward while escalated deportations are tearing families apart in the United States.
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John Dickerson of CBS News talks Trump, journalism and his Catholic faith
John Dickerson, host of Face the Nation, sits down with America’s editor in chief Matt Malone, S.J.