Catholic bishops on Tuesday chose for their top leadership posts two prelates from states touching Mexico.
Donald Trump
Posted inPolitics & Society, Washington Front
The role of Catholics in the time of Trump
This is the most improbable election since an elderly Jesuit from Argentina was elected pope.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
Anti-Trump protests are the new normal on New York’s swanky Fifth Avenue
The police have shown little hostility toward the crowds, but retailers may be losing patience.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
How Catholic advocates view the new White House
Catholic advocates say their work will cover issues of religious liberty, human dignity and climate change.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
God uses the imperfect or, why I voted for Donald Trump
While I cannot confirm the depth of the president-elect’s Christian beliefs, I know he represents a pro-life platform.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Core values toward the common good can help restore a sense of U.S. unity
Ten “core values” which Americans can agree on may get the nation back together.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
Donald Trump, the Temple and the End Time
It is helpful and healthy to put aside the myth of sure and sunny progress. Our nation is a very good one, even if it’s never been the “greatest nation on earth.”
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Pope on Trump: ‘I don’t pass judgment on persons or politicians.’
La Repubblica also quotes Francis as saying, “We must knock down the walls that divide.”
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This election shows us why we need to meet our neighbors: that’s how we begin to love them.
If we are not yet exercising a preferential option for those made vulnerable by a Trump presidency, we must absolutely do so now.
Posted in(Un)Conventional Wisdom, Politics & Society
Making America great again, Buyer’s remorse and the president-elect
Maybe our nostalgia for “better days” is simply a case of buyer’s remorse.