Medical science must answer its highest calling: the promotion of the health and well-being of all humankind.
Social Justice
Posted inPolitics & Society, Your Take
An opportunity lost: What Catholics actually wanted to hear at Mass last weekend
80 percent of poll respondents agreed that not enough was done in their parishes to address the ongoing political upheaval.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Former gang member heads national program to bring ‘invisibles’ into church
Mr. Torres’s relentless years of ministering to gang members, drug addicts and the incarcerated is beginning to be recognized.
Posted inPolitics & Society
550 attend Mass outside White House in solidarity with refugees
“All are welcome in this place,” a crowd of people sang in Lafayette Square outside of the White House this afternoon.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
President Trump’s crackdown on sanctuary cities is un-American, Newark cardinal says
Cardinal Tobin: “Closing borders and building walls are not rational acts…. Mass detentions and wholesale deportation benefit no one; such inhuman policies destroy families and communities.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The church holds out hope during a dark time in the Philippines
President Duterte lashed out against the church again, likely in response to the growing criticism mounted by church leaders against the administration’s drug war.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
New legislation in Canada seeks to protect the transgender community
“I was in deep poverty. I didn’t know anything about social supports in the city. I existed on a bag of apples a week and slept on a lawn chair in my bedroom.”
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Donald Trump’s wall is a pro-life issue, too.
President Trump’s actions in defense of the unborn are welcome, his proposals for immigration reform are ill conceived and divisive.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Americans are having fewer kids. Are housing costs to blame?
It is clearly more difficult to raise children in a nurturing environment without housing security.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
What should guide U.S. immigration policy: self-interest or charity?
Would you not love and admire a country that opened its doors to the tired, the poor, the wretched and the homeless?