“This has got to stop,” Bishop Robert Barron said. “And I say that as an American but…also as a Catholic bishop.”
Donald Trump
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The Racist Attack on Our Nation’s Capitol
What we saw today is a clear declaration that many white people would rather live in a white dictatorship than in a multiracial democracy.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
After the storming of the Capitol: We need accountability, repentance and a reckoning
The president of the United States today incited a riot in the nation’s capital. What comes next?
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Religious leaders: Reject the attempt to overturn election results for Trump
Dozens of Catholics were among more than 2,000 religious and community leaders who urged Congress to reject any effort to overturn the results of November’s presidential election.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Watergate prosecutor: Trump’s attempt to overthrow the election is criminal—and should be investigated
Philip Allen Lacovara, who served as special counsel to Watergate prosecutors, described the president’s call to election officials in Georgia as “a new low in Trumpian mendacity and abuse.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
What 2020 revealed about religion, politics, economics and health care in America
2020 has tested the heart and soul of America.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Trump signs proclamation honoring 850th anniversary of St. Thomas Becket’s martyrdom
The White House issued a proclamation honoring the 850th anniversary of the martyrdom of St. Thomas Becket Dec. 29 and inviting “the people of the United States to observe the day in schools and churches and customary places of meeting with appropriate ceremonies.”
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
We deplore King Herod for his historic cruelty. But we are hardly any better.
The Holy Innocents of today continue to arrive and ask for our help. The way we welcome them or neglect them tells the story of who we are.
Posted inFaith, News
Cardinal Pell on Donald Trump: He is ‘a bit of a barbarian’—but he is ‘our barbarian’
Pope Francis’ former treasurer, Cardinal George Pell, praised President Donald Trump’s “splendid” Supreme Court appointments and defense of Christian values but questioned his effort to sow doubt in the integrity of the U.S. presidential election.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
White Catholics will never change if they don’t encounter their marginalized neighbors
Did Catholic voters consider the marginalized in this year’s election? Shannon K. Evans writes that personal encounters with those whose rights are threatened can make a difference.