5 faith facts about Kamala Harris, a Black Baptist with Hindu family
Religion News Service provides an article about the religious background of the VP Nominee.
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NETWORK has taken a stand: Catholics cannot vote for Trump
How NETWORK came to this conclusion. WASHINGTON, D.C. – In its almost 50 year history, NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice has never advised its members who to vote for or against. We have always encouraged members to get involved in politics, spoken about the issues, compared candidates, and equipped…
Pope adds six women and an American cardinal to economics council
Pope Francis has appointed seven highly qualified lay persons—six of them women—and six cardinals, including Joseph Tobin of Newark, N.J., to the board of the Vatican’s Council for the Economy. The pope first established the Council for the Economy together with the Secretariat for the Economy on Feb. 24, 2014, when…
The end of (denying the reality of) racism
We are living in the midst of an anti-racist revolution, Ibram X. Kendi writes in a bracing cover story for The Atlantic’s September issue. This spring and summer, demonstrations calling for racial justice attracted hundreds of thousands of people in cities across the country. By June, roughly three out of four Americans were…
Bishop John Stowe: President Trump is anti-life
READ HERE the Lexington, Ky, newspaper report on comments expressed by Bishop John Stowe, OFM, Lexington
Catholics, immigration and politics
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Catholics care. Catholics vote
Here’s what the U.S. bishops say about faithful citizenship.
Pondering the election but tired of divisiveness? America showcases films to help
As our country grapples with its history of racial injustice, many streaming services have been highlighting films and documentaries that help tell this painful story. Here we offer some links to that content, as well as some classic Catholic films highlighting heroes and saints who have worked hard for justice.…
75 years of nuclear weapons madness
By Tony Magliano Wars have always caused needless suffering, destruction and death. But 75 years ago, the hell of war reached a new all time immoral low when on August 6, 1945 a United States Boeing B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima instantly killing…