The Mass was celebrated just days after a shooting at an Alexandria ballpark in which Rep. Steve Scalise and others were injured while practicing for a charity baseball game.
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Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Trump administration to deport immigrant parents, while continuing child immigrant protections
The Trump administration has canceled the immigration program intended to protect parents of U.S. citizens from deportation.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
As sea waters rise, Miami begins elevated development
Rising seas due to global warming have rendered the coastal high-water marks more obsolete by the day. That is especially true in the Miami area, which every media report on sea-level rise seems to profile as ground zero for deluge doom.
Posted inEditorials, Faith
There are no Catholics of the ‘Left’ or ‘Right’. Here’s why.
You will not see the phrases “liberal Catholic” or “conservative Catholic” in the pages of America.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: U.S. Strategy in the Middle East Is Deeply Problematic
The conflict in Syria is a proxy war, not between the United States and Russia, as some American commentators have suggested, but between the two major powers vying for regional hegemony.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
The Editors: Let’s use civic engagement to address climate change
Civic engagement is not limited to voting.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Your Take
If you designed the U.S. national budget, what would it look like?
The majority of our readers argued for an increase in spending across a number of categories, including Medicare and health (71 percent of readers).
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
The World Is Watching. And They’re Worried.
The world can ill afford to have the United States abdicate its global position, either by choice or through carelessness.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Exploring the tense relationship between Catholic Hospitals and the A.C.L.U.
Our guest this week is Stephanie Slade, a managing editor at Reason magazine and contributing writer at America. Her latest article explores the legal challenges launched by the American Civil Liberties Union against Catholic hospitals. “The A.C.L.U. has decided that the right to have an abortion or to get a sterilization procedure…is a fundamental American […]
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Updates from the U.S. bishops’ meeting: Repealing Obamacare will hurt the poor
Live updates from Indianapolis as the bishops gather for their annual spring meeting.