Why journalists need to resist the label of ‘the opposition’

by Eileen Markey March 21, 2017

The media is not the “enemy of the people.” We are the people’s detectives.

Volunteers with Catholic Charities' St. Maria's meals program in Washington, D.C. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth)

News, Politics & Society

Catholic leaders wary of Trump’s proposed cuts to international aid and anti-poverty programs

by Michael J. O’Loughlin March 16, 2017

The president’s proposed budget calls for ending several international aid programs.

President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on Wednesday, March 15, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

News, Politics & Society

Trump’s travel ban blocked in Maryland and Hawaii

by Ben Nuckols - Associated Press March 16, 2017

The ruling near the nation’s capital was the latest blow to Trump’s ban, with a federal judge in Hawaii rejecting the measure on Wednesday.

Politics & Society, Short Take

Why we need to protect government workers from political retribution

by Ellen K. Boegel March 15, 2017

Federal laws limit the politicization of the government. It may be time for the public to demand those laws be strengthened.

President Donald Trump listens during a meeting on healthcare in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, March 13, 2017. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Politics & Society, Short Take

Why liberals should stop calling Trump ‘unfit’ to be president

by Margot Patterson March 14, 2017

Comparing the president to Putin, Hitler or the anti-Christ distracts from what is taking shape on the ground.

Victoria Daza, a native of Peru and an immigrants' rights activist, holds her daughter during a rally in support of immigrants in Massapequa Park, N.Y., Feb. 24. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Faith in Focus, Politics & Society

A parish priest asks: How do I respond when ICE comes for my flock?

by Raymond P. Roden March 13, 2017

The decisions of our government with regard to immigrants since Jan. 20 have been despicable, and support among Catholics for those decisions embarrassing.

U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis. talks about the American Health Care Act during a March 8 news conference in Washington. (CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters)

Politics & Society, Short Take

What does Catholic social teaching say about the GOP health care plan?

by Robert David Sullivan March 10, 2017

The American Health Care Act seriously tests many principles of Catholic social teaching.

Aerial shot of the Valley of the Gods in Bears Ears National Monument. (Photo courtesy of Creative Commons/Bureau of Land Management)

News, Politics & Society

Will President Trump rescind this national monument’s status from Native Americans?

by Lauren Markoe - Religion News Service March 10, 2017

A tribal coalition, which considers many sites within Bears Ears sacred, fears the Trump administration will take the unprecedented step of stripping a national monument of its designation, and leave their ancestral lands vulnerable.