We cannot wish away reality with counterfactual speculation–nor should we try.
Donald Trump
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Faith groups sued the Trump administration for its immigration policies. Church leaders should support them.
More than two dozen Christian and Jewish denominations have sued the Trump administration’s to stop ICE agents from making arrests in churches. Solidarity requires us to do more to help the vulnerable.
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
Pope Francis’ letter, JD Vance’s ‘ordo amoris’ and what the Gospel asks of all of us on immigration
Pope Francis’s letter poses an implicit question to the whole church in the United States: Will we subject our political debates on immigration to the scrutiny of the Gospel or not?
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Faith groups sue over Trump administration policy to permit ICE arrests at churches
More than two dozen Christian and Jewish groups filed a federal lawsuit to block a Trump policy allowing ICE agents to make arrests in places of worship.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis to U.S. Catholic bishops: Oppose mass deportations
The letter also stated that Francis disagrees with identifying the illegal status of migrants with criminality, and called on the bishops “to walk together” and defend the human dignity of the migrants in their country.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
We can be proud of the work of Catholic Relief Services, as Catholics—and as Americans
I cannot defend every entity that receives funding from U.S.A.I.D. I cannot even speak on behalf of C.R.S. But I can tell you what I saw when I traveled overseas to report on their work.
Posted inFaith, News
Vatican cardinal outraged at Trump’s ‘reckless’ USAID cuts, says millions will die
Cardinal Michael Czerny, Pope Francis’ point-man on migration and development, has urged the U.S. administration of President Donald Trump to remember Christian principles about caring for others.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
USCCB lays off a third of migration staff after Trump suspends refugee resettlement program
Executive orders recently signed by Trump “are causing confusion both within various agencies and with those who interact with them.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
I led Catholic Relief Services. I’ve seen USAID projects change lives.
In partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development, CRS saves lives, empowers people and creates goodwill for the United States. All for less than one percent of our national budget.
Posted inFaith, News
Trump tells prayer breakfast he wants to root out ‘anti-Christian bias’ and urges ‘bring God back’
Speaking at a pair of events in Washington surrounding the the National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald Trump announced that he is forming a task force led by Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate the “targeting” of Christians.