Father James Martin, Sister Simone Campbell to speak at DNC Convention
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AUSCP Introduces New Feature: Webinars
As announced in an e-blast this past week, AUSCP is beginning a new service to our Members and Friends – a series of topical webinars from the end of this month to next May. These webinars are intended to complement the Colloquia we typically offer during our Annual Assembly. We hope you…
Sister Simone Campbell offers an election scorecard
EQUALLY SACRED PRIORITIES FOR VOTERSEditor’s note: The views expressed by NETWORK are the views of NETWORK and its executive director. The AUSCP does not endorse candidates. The material in this posting is offered as one of many items related to the principles underlying the formation of Catholic consciences.Consider These Candidate…
Maryknoll offers election preparation webinars
To help voters prepare for the 2020 U.S. elections, the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns is offering a series of webinars in which we will dive deeper into the key global issues featured in our series of two-page global issue briefs, Faithful Voting and Global Concerns. The next webinar, “Justice for Immigrants in U.S.…
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.
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