We say: Catholics must vote, and they must also examine their consciences about whom they vote for, prioritizing candidates who stand for the rule of law and for accepting election results.
As the court heard arguments on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Catholic organizers held a rosary walk before joining thousands supporting the program that protects some 700,000 immigrants.
Conflicts over proposed budget increases to fund controversial measures at the U.S. border still threaten a possible, partial government shutdown just before the holidays. Faith groups are speaking out.
An interim final rule from the departments of Homeland Security and Justice and a presidential proclamation bar migrants who cross the border between ports of entry from applying for asylum.
Simply Spirit: I wonder if the current implosion of ecclesiastical credibility over clergy sex abuse can create a new moment of grace, one that breaks down outmoded governance models.
Dan Misleh of Catholic Climate Covenant calls the declaration "an unprecedented effort by the U.S. Catholic community to step into the void" left by Trump's Paris exit announcement.
Listen: LCWR's Sr. Annmarie Sanders and Betty Thompson of Solidarity with Sisters discuss their new book, However Long the Night: Making Meaning in a Time of Crisis.
Catholic leaders decried the Senate's rejection of compromise legislation to protect Dreamers, and the role that the Trump administration played in discouraging consensus.
NCR Today: Each of us has our own story and one of our tasks as members of a community is to draw that story out of others and to love them for who they have become.
