“Families aren’t chains. They are mothers, fathers, husbands, wives, grandmothers, grandfathers and brothers and sisters.”
Donald Trump
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This Franciscan retreat center has a new mission: welcoming the undocumented
“It’s not just, ‘I’ll pray for you.’ We need to do something personally for them.”
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Senate rejects bill to ban abortions after 20 weeks
Three Democrats voted in favor of the bill, while two Republicans voted to reject it.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Even some Trump supporters worry that his character is undermining his presidency
Mr. Trump’s character flaws obscure the popularity of many of his administration’s policies and are hindering his ability to govern.
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Is the Benedict Option based on Christian principles—or white middle-class ones?
The extent to which I do not want housing for the poor in my own neighborhood is the extent to which I am failing to be a Christian.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Your Take
What are President Trump’s best and worst policies? Our readers respond
Although many readers were dismayed by being asked to pick a “best” policy, 31 percent of respondents told America that restrictions on abortion were Mr. Trump’s best policy.
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Advocates should work with Trump on immigration despite his racist outburst
Democrats, and the Republicans who understand Dreamers are owed protection, could take a lesson from people of color around the country in how to navigate a political process tainted by racism. The lives of 800,000 Dreamers depend on it.
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New report details troubling immigration enforcement measures in El Paso
“Separating fathers from families has been going on for a while. But now, even mothers are being separated from their children.”
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In Trump’s first year, Catholic leaders made strong condemnations along with calls to do more
The U.S. bishops had an unusually busy year issuing positive and negative statements about the new president, but some hoped for more decisive action against his policies.
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Catholic hospitals will continue treating LGBT patients under Trump’s new guidelines
Transgender patients “need to know they are welcome and they will not be looked down upon” if they come to Catholic institutions seeking treatment, says Sister Carol Keehan.