President Donald Trump ordered U.S. flags to be flown at half mast in honor of Pope Francis. Mr. Trump, one of many U.S. political leaders remembering the late pope, called Francis “a good man.”
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‘America deserves a moral leader, not a bully’: Our readers on Trump’s second term
America’s readers weigh in on the president’s temperament and conduct.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Bishop Menjivar: Migrants and refugees are living Christ’s Passion today
The church remembers Christ’s death on a cross in a spiritual and sacramental way during Holy Week, but some people actually experience the Passion in a tangible and personal way in their very lives.
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Trump’s trade war misses the point: Americans do not save enough
The root cause of the chronic U.S. trade imbalance is macroeconomic: We save too little relative to our major trading partners. Tariffs will not address that problem.
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Cory Booker, the Hands Off protests and the power of words during Lent
Cory Booker and the Hands Off protesters prove that words still have power. But only if we accompany them with action.
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Trump’s attacks on immigrants hurt all Americans—and our democracy
The administration’s attacks on immigrants imperil the rights and freedom of all Americans.
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Trump’s pick for ambassador to the Vatican defends recent cuts to US foreign aid
President Trump’s nominee for ambassador to the Vatican has defended many of the administration’s foreign aid cuts at a Senate hearing, even while saying Catholic charitable groups are well-equipped to deliver such aid efficiently.
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U.S. bishops will cease refugee resettlement work with government after Trump funding freeze
The U.S.C.C.B. said it would not renew its cooperative agreements with the federal government related to children’s services and refugee support after its longstanding partnerships with the government in those areas became “untenable.”
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Report: 10 million Christians in US at risk of mass deportation
A joint Catholic-Evangelical report found that an overwhelming majority of people impacted by the Trump administration’s mass deportations are Christian.
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Catholics take a stand against Trump’s cruel anti-immigrant actions at the U.S. border
As people of faith, we must defend migrants and refugees at a time when the state is increasingly moving to dehumanize them.