Loading...
Loading...
Click here if you don’t see subscription options
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky. walks from the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 25, 2017, as he steers the Senate toward a crucial vote on the Republican health care bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Republican proposals “exclude too many people, including immigrants,” Bishop Frank J. Dewane said in a statement.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Gregory Hillis
When I heard President Trump’s address to the Boy Scout Jamboree last night, I was appalled.
Politics & SocietyNews
Christopher Lamb - Religion News Service
When in Rome, the Gingriches will be able to oil the wheels of diplomacy at the United States’ ambassadorial residence, a spacious house with a large terrace overlooking beautifully landscaped gardens on Janiculum Hill.
Politics & SocietyNews
Adelle Banks - Religion News Service
While religious conservatives are getting such intimate contact with Donald Trump that they can literally “lay hands” on him, other faith leaders are being kept at arm’s length.
An immigration rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington in April. The U.S. bishops' migration committee chair in a statement on July 18 urged President Donald Trump to "ensure permanent protection" for youth under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)
Politics & SocietyNews
Rhina Guidos - Catholic News Service
U.S. bishops urge Trump administration "to continue administering the DACA program and to publicly ensure that DACA youth are not priorities for deportation."
Callista Gingrich at a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing in Washington on July 18. Gingrich was nominated by President Donald Trump to be the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. Her husband is former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews
Michael J. O’Loughlin
On issues that have become hallmarks of the Francis papacy, notably care of creation and the global refugee crisis, Mrs. Gingrich had difficulty explaining how she might engage the Vatican, given Mr. Trump’s views.