The unborn and the condemned have the same right to life, and all citizens, especially Catholics, have a duty to defend that right.
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Sister Helen Prejean’s ‘happy day’ as Pope Francis revises teaching on the death penalty
“The huge thing,” she said, is the recognition by the church of “the inviolable dignity even of guilty people who have done terrible crimes.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Television
Sacha Baron Cohen searches for America. Don’t be shocked by what he finds.
As an agent provocateur, Cohen’s new show had an impact before it even aired.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Remembering Postville, 10 years later
Our Aug 1 guest is Julia Walsh, a member of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, who works at Marywood Franciscan Spirituality Center in Northern Wisconsin. We discuss her recent article “What we have learned 10 years after Postville, the largest immigration raid in U.S. history.“ We also discuss these articles: Catholic theologians from Global South […]
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Through ministry of accompaniment, Oregon parish helps asylum seeker
One night in a small town in Mexico, armed men arrived at Maria’s house. Pregnant and with her young daughter asleep in the next room, she wasn’t sure if she should rush to get her 2-year-old or run for her life.
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Sessions: Contributions of religious people make U.S. ‘stronger as nation’
Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke about ongoing threats to religious freedom and what can be done to halt them at a conference held July 30 at the Department of Justice.
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In the reunification scramble, church groups raced to help families
Catholic humanitarian organizations rushed to collect material help, bishops loudly denounced the separation policy, and groups such as Catholic Extension established a fund to shelter, feed and defend some of the separated immigrant families.
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Appeals court denies Adorers’ religious claims against pipeline
In a July 25 ruling, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit agreed with the lower court that the Adorers of the Blood of Christ had not made their religious objections known during the federal administrative process that led to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval of the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline.
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What’s next for Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation battle?
Judge Kavanaugh is an intelligent and competent jurist. Unless previously undisclosed foibles come to light, he will become the 114th justice to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Archbishop Raymond G. Hunthausen, the epitome of the Vatican II bishop
Archbishop Hunthausen lived simply and humbly. He listened and served. And he extended Christ’s mercy and love to all, especially the poor, the suffering and the forgotten.