President Donald Trump joins House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wis., in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 4, 2017, after the House pushed through a health care bill. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

US bishops urge Senate to strike ‘harmful’ aspects of AHCA

by Kevin Clarke May 4, 2017

U.S. bishops called on the Senate to strip out the harmful provisions of the bill when the chamber takes it up for consideration or essentially to start over on GOP efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare.

Pro-life Democrats are increasingly absent (or silent) at events such as the Women's March on Washington on Jan. 21. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Editorials, Politics & Society

The Editors: Litmus tests lead to mediocre politics and voter disengagement

by The Editors May 3, 2017

The exclusion of pro-life Democratic candidates feeds cynicism about our money-driven political process.

News, Politics & Society

Nancy Pelosi says pro-life Americans are welcome in Democratic Party

by Michael J. O’Loughlin May 3, 2017

“Most of those people—my family, extended family—are not pro-choice. You think I’m kicking them out of the Democratic Party?”

U.S. President Donald Trump talks to journalists in the Oval Office at the White House on March 24 after the American Health Care Act was pulled before a vote. (CNS photo/Carlos Barria, Reuters)

In All Things, Politics & Society

Trump and the U.S. Catholic Church: The First 100 Days

by Kevin Clarke April 28, 2017

Predictably Mr. Trump has also clashed with the Catholic Church and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on many of the policies he has promoted during his first 100 days.

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Faith, Jesuitical

We choose life: Arkansas, Nebraska and the death penalty.

by Olga Segura April 28, 2017

On April 30, Arkansas’ supply of midazolam, the sedative used in state executions, expires. As a result, the state has executed four inmates in just eight days. This week, we talk with Brother Joseph Hoover, S.J., about these executions and the Catholic Church’s fight against the death penalty in Nebraska. In Signs of the Times, we […]