There just don’t seem to be many who seem willing to engage with members of both parties from a position of respect and empathy.
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Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Catholic Church leaders condemn Trump administration’s decision to end DACA
Reacting to the move to end DACA, the bishops said, “Today, our nation has done the opposite of how Scripture calls us to respond. It is a step back from the progress that we need to make as a country.”
Posted inArts & Culture
Santa Fe: a powerful metaphor for the Latino church in the United States
Latin American towns, like their exemplars in Spain, reflect in their organization the way the inhabitants lived together as a people.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
A case against constant provocation
To “Make America Great Again” or “#resist,” we must begin by not permitting a few voices vying for power to divide and conquer our consciousness.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
In NAFTA negotiations, Mexico shows cautious optimism
Nafta has been the world’s most valuable trade deal, and its consequences are more deeply felt in Mexico than in the United States or Canada.
Posted inFaith, News
Sean Spicer finally gets to meet Pope Francis
Mr. Spicer, a Catholic, had expressed a desire to meet Pope Francis in May, but he was left off the list of U.S. officials who accompanied President Trump to the Vatican.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis: Catholic politicians should be guided by the church’s moral and social teachings
The pope said that church teaching can contribute to a more humane and just society, but only if the church is allowed a voice in answering “the great questions of society in our time.”
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
Why Catholics are called to radical hospitality in these political times
I grew up recognizing foreign as familiar, global as local and diverse as approximating perfection.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: Trump’s recklessness is a danger to the body politic
The president prefers to continue to campaign and stir up mobs instead of attempting to govern and serve the country.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Paul Ryan defends poverty reform efforts to Catholic nun
During an exchange with a nun at a town hall, the Republican leader of the House argued that government is ineffective in fighting poverty.