In Montgomery County, Md., Muslim parents have been protesting a sex-ed curriculum they say is insensitive to religious belief. Is this local battle a warning sign for Democrats nationally?
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Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Catholic political scholars weigh in on Trump indictment in Georgia and 2024: ‘It’s not a happy prospect’
Notre Dame professor Robert Schmuhl said the Georgia indictment “reads like a who’s who of Trump loyalists—and lawyers—at the center of the alleged attempt to change the outcome of Georgia’s presidential vote count in 2020.”
Posted inFaith, Short Take
In the Trump indictments, something more than democracy is at stake: the truth itself.
Christians can play a special role in the renewal of our politics. Because we know that the truth is not only real, but a person.
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Ron DeSantis trades barbs with pro-life group over interview comments on abortion
Republican presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida traded barbs with a national pro-life group July 31 over comments he made on enacting abortion policy at the federal level.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Podcast: Can I be political in my preaching?
“What’s happening today in American society is the label of Christian is being applied to forces that are really deeply unchristian,” Father Walter Modrys, S.J. shares with host Ricardo da Silva, S.J. on Preach.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
‘Push the people back into the water.’ Texas bishops condemn inhumane border policies after leaked email
In an email exchange between a Texas state trooper and his supervisor, the trooper reported receiving orders in encounters with migrating people that he called “inhumane.”
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Why is RFK Jr. gaining popularity? Everyone is afraid, and everyone is traumatized.
I don’t really think R.F.K. will win the election, but I think this election will be marked by historic levels of incoherence and incongruence, and motivated chiefly by exhaustion and fear.
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The head of Iraq’s Chaldean Catholic Church has been pushed out of Baghdad. What’s next for Christians there?
What obligation does the United States still owe these Christians and other Iraqi religious minorities? What is it willing to do to assist and protect them?
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The blessings of becoming an American citizen
My life as a parish priest in Wisconsin is very different from my childhood in Nigeria. But I am so grateful to now be an American citizen, and despite its flaws, I love this country.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Most voters don’t want unlimited abortion. But they don’t trust their states to set restrictions.
Dobbs did not dictate abortion policy at any level, but in overturning Roe after nearly 50 years, the court ruling did restore the right of states to set their own abortion policies.