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Posted inFaith, News
Do reactions to the firing of Jesuit House chaplain show anti-Catholic bias?
Representative Mark Walker of North Carolina said he wanted Father Conroy’s successor to be somebody with children.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
House Republicans rebuff investigation into firing of Jesuit chaplain
The U.S. House rejected a proposal to investigate the ouster of Patrick Conroy, S.J., by Speaker Paul Ryan, and one Republican calls for a chaplain with children.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Report: House chaplain, a Jesuit priest, was forced out by Speaker Paul Ryan
Patrick Conroy, S.J., submitted his resignation earlier this month. The Hill reports that a prayer seen as critical of the Republican tax bill may have been a factor.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pleas for common sense gun reform raised after Waffle House shooting
James Shaw Jr., the hero who disarmed the shooter of his AR-15 rifle, likely prevented even more people from being hurt or killed.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
U.S. bishops urge support for USA Act to protect Dreamers
Archbishop Gomez called the USA Act a “good-faith compromise.”
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
Discrimination isn’t always wrong
There is a difference between discriminating against someone because of the group to which he belongs and discriminating against someone on the basis of his actions.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Catholic groups concerned by 2018 farm bill
“Eighty percent of the farm bill is around the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. It’s significant when we hear it’s going to include some dramatic cuts.”
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Bishop McElroy: Catholics must fight polarization in politics and the church
Bishop McElroy said that Catholics must embrace “the virtues of solidarity, compassion, integrity, hope and peace-building.”
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
Who is the cause of society’s polarization? All of us.
Unless we are willing to admit that, then the situation will only get worse.