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After Trump’s Saudi speech, don’t forget his connections to Islamophobia

by Jordan Denari Duffner May 24, 2017

Until now, Islamophobia has been a cornerstone of the Trump presidency, and we should look for more than a momentary shift in rhetoric as evidence for meaningful change.

Pope Francis meets with President Donald Trump on the occasion of their private audience, at the Vatican on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino, Pool)

Faith, News

‘I won’t forget what you said,’ Trump tells pope after meeting at Vatican

by Gerard O’Connell May 24, 2017

President Donald Trump and Pope Francis held a private 30-minute meeting at the Vatican on Wednesday laden with religious symbolism and ancient protocol.

In this photo taken May 19, 2017, a GPO worker stacks copies of "Analytical Perspectives Budget of the U.S. Government Fiscal Year 2018" onto a pallet at the U.S. Government Publishing Office's (GPO) plant in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

News, Politics & Society

U.S. bishops and Trump administration diverge over budget priorities

by Kevin Clarke May 22, 2017

The budget’s moral measure will be assessed by “how well it promotes the common good of all,” the bishops write.

U.S. President Donald Trump places a note in the Western Wall in Jerusalem on May 22. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

News, Politics & Society

Trump visits Holy Sepulcher and Western Wall in Holy Land

by Judith Sudilovsky - Catholic News Service May 22, 2017

President Donald Trump began his two-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories with a private visit to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and Western Wall.

Pope Francis waves during a visit to give an Easter blessing to homes in a public housing complex in Ostia, a Rome suburb on the Mediterranean Sea, May 19 (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano).

Faith, Vatican Dispatch

Optimism in the Vatican on the eve of Trump’s visit to Pope Francis

by Gerard O’Connell May 22, 2017

Vatican leaders seem quietly confident that the meeting will go well.

Faith, News

Pope Francis and Donald Trump to meet. Here’s what you need to know.

by Michael J. O’Loughlin May 19, 2017

The pope and the president have something of a history, but do not expect fireworks.

Jesuitical, Politics & Society

Stop, cooperate and listen: looking for a Catholic alternative to the economy

by Ashley McKinless May 19, 2017

Does capitalism not do it for you? Communism a bit much? There’s another way. This week we’re talking with Nathan Schneider (and his adorable baby, Daniel) about co-ops. Now, that word might bring to mind hippies living together and making vegan meals from the community garden (which Nathan did)—but there are hidden cooperative businesses all around you: REI, […]