I’m not a political person, but I am a Christian, and I feel compelled to speak out on this issue.
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Posted inPolitics & Society, Video
March for Life 2017
A renewed sense of hope and a commitment to a “wholelife” approach characterized March for Life 2017.
Posted inPolitics & Society
Prayers for life surround the March for Life
Cardinal Dolan: “We come together this sacred evening in a church we claim as a sanctuary…to reclaim the belief that a mother’s womb is the primal sanctuary, where a helpless, innocent, fragile, tiny baby must be safe, secure, nurtured and protected.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
President Trump’s crackdown on sanctuary cities is un-American, Newark cardinal says
Cardinal Tobin: “Closing borders and building walls are not rational acts…. Mass detentions and wholesale deportation benefit no one; such inhuman policies destroy families and communities.”
Posted inPolitics & Society
Pro-life student groups pack the Jesuit Mass for Life
The Mass attracted pro-life student groups from across the nation who are in Washington for the March for Life.
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A college professor and a cop ask, ‘Who are the elites, anyway?’
Elites are defined less by the position they hold than by their pretense to dictate reality.
Posted inMagazine, Your Take
The Letters
Religious education has been a babysitting service for far too long.
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
Alternative facts and the coming constitutional crisis
We more likely face destabilizing, constitutional confusion, than brute authoritarianism.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Are we shouting past each other? On finding ‘safe spaces’ for dialogue
Colleges and universities around the country find themselves struggling to discern how best to negotiate free speech on their campuses
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Cokie Roberts on journalism under President Trump
Cokie Roberts, who wrote about the role of women in Washington in our Jan. 23 issue, is this week’s guest. Hosts Matt Malone, S.J., and Kerry Weber chat to her about the state of journalism under President Donald J. Trump, in addition to his announcement that he is planning to build a border wall. Associate […]