‘American Mother,’ Diane Foley’s and Colum McCann’s story of Foley’s life and that of her son, James Foley, is written with a mother’s love, her eventual understanding of hostage situations and her desire for others to understand the struggle she faced.
US Politics
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
The bishops, Trump and why we can’t predict the future of politics
We cannot wish away reality with counterfactual speculation–nor should we try.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
The problem with JD Vance’s theology of ‘ordo amoris’—and its impact on policy
JD Vance tries to use Aquinas’s ‘order of love’ to support his political ideology, but is the ethical order he proposes actually consistent with the ethic of Aquinas or, more broadly, with the principles of Catholic social teaching?
Posted inFaith, News
U.S. bishops thank Pope Francis for support amid ‘struggle’ on immigration
Archbishop Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, thanked Pope Francis and said the bishops join the pontiff in prayer that “families suffering from the sudden withdrawal of aid may find the strength to endure.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The future of the G.O.P. and the working class: What Trump’s cabinet pick tells us
President Trump has nominated Lori Chavez-DeRemer, a former congresswoman backed by unions, as secretary of labor. Is it a sign of an improved relationship between labor and the G.O.P. ?
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
USCCB lays off a third of migration staff after Trump suspends refugee resettlement program
Executive orders recently signed by Trump “are causing confusion both within various agencies and with those who interact with them.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Music
Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and the Communion of Saints
Bob Dylan, more than anyone, fused the pop cultural and the religious experience into one.
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Trump tells prayer breakfast he wants to root out ‘anti-Christian bias’ and urges ‘bring God back’
Speaking at a pair of events in Washington surrounding the the National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald Trump announced that he is forming a task force led by Attorney General Pam Bondi to investigate the “targeting” of Christians.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
JD Vance got a lot wrong about St. Augustine’s ordering of loves
The ‘ordo amoris’ was never about loving less or more narrowly.
Posted inPolitics & Society, The Weekly Dispatch
Trump’s foreign aid freeze a ‘death sentence’ for many humanitarian groups
Most humanitarian agencies operate just ahead of insolvency in the best of times, Nate Radomski, the executive director of American Jesuits International, says.