More violence should not be our response to atrocities in Syria

by The Editors April 18, 2017

Piling violence on violence is not a strategy toward peace; it is a dangerous reflex that could just prolong the suffering.

In this Nov. 15, 2016, file photo, Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston, the newly-elected president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, speaks at a news conference at the USCCB's annual fall meeting in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

News, Politics & Society

Top U.S. Bishop plans to meet Trump

by Michael Graczyk – Associated Press April 13, 2017

Cardinal Daniel DiNardo supports President Trump for his anti-abortion views and for promising to defend religious liberties, but takes issue with his policies on refugees and immigration.

The USS Porter, in the Mediterranean Sea, fires a Tomahawk missile April 7. The U.S. Defense Department said it was a part of missile strike against Syria. (CNS photo/Ford Williams, U.S. Navy handout via Reuters)

Dispatches, Politics & Society

Syrian Catholic leaders criticize U.S. missile strikes, experts question larger strategy

by Kevin Clarke April 7, 2017

“We need to have a national debate on these things; it’s not a decision for the president to make in the dead of night.”

Hillary Clinton speaks at last October's Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner in New York. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Dispatches, Politics & Society

New data suggest Clinton, not Trump, won Catholic vote

by Michael J. O’Loughlin April 6, 2017

Clinton may have narrowly won the Catholic vote, but there were huge differences between Hispanics and non-Hispanics.

U.S. President Donald Trump signs a revised executive order for a U.S. travel ban on March 6 at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va. (CNS photo/Carlos Barria, Reuters)

News, Politics & Society

Charlotte diocese continues to receive refugees while travel ban is blocked by courts

by Kimberly Bender - Catholic News Service April 5, 2017

Since the Trump administration’s initial travel ban was announced on Jan. 27, Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte has resettled a total of 45 people.

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Jesuitical, Politics & Society

Be our guest! Ep: 6 of jesuitical

by Olga Segura March 31, 2017January 11, 2026

I’m a purist. Which means I didn’t see Disney’s remake of “Beauty and the Beast.” But it didn’t stop my co-hosts from seeing it and inviting on a Jesuit to talk all things Disney. Alfonso Pizano, S.J., spent 14 years working at Disneyland, “where he piloted the monorail, sailed submarines, hawked souvenirs and danced in […]