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Apr 08 2016
News
Give Pope Francis a break: Leading a large institution is always an exercise in compromise
His new statement on love and family doesn't go as far as critics want, but still offers hope to Catholics like me.
SalonJan 27 2022
Opinion
Holocaust Remembrance Day – why we must never forget
January 27 has been designated by the United Nations as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The date was chosen because, on January 27, 1945, the infamous Nazi German slave labor and death camp, Auschwitz-Birkenau, was liberated by the Soviet army.
The camp, actually it was a complex of camps and work sites, was the destination for more than 1.3 million people arrested, deported,
Fox News (Opinion)Sep 28 2020
News
The One Fear Democrats Have About the Amy Coney Barrett Fight...And It's Not a Hard One to Figure Out
If you’re going to lose, you might as well not do more damage to yourself in the process, right? Judge Amy Coney Barrett was officially nominated to fill the vacancy left by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Saturday. This move has all the makings of a total liberal meltdown. RBG is dead. Trump is still president. Trump names RBG’s successor, and it’s a conservative Catholic woman.
TownhallJan 20 2021
News
Trump departs on final Air Force One flight
President Trump and his family took off on Air Force One at 9 a.m. on Wednesday morning for the final time en route to Florida.
The big picture: Trump's final hours as president were punctuated by his decisions to snub his successor's inauguration and grant pardons to many of his allies who have been swept up in corruption scandals.
Simultaneously, congressional leaders were en
AxiosOct 18 2021
News
Hundreds of port workers in Italy are striking against a new vaccine mandate
Italy’s new covid-19 rules went into effect on Oct. 15, prompting labor strikes and protests across the country. The mandate, one of the strictest in the world, requires employees in the public and private sectors to show proof of vaccination, a negative test, or recovery from the virus in order to go to work. Those who don’t comply may be fined up to €1,500, or $1,760.
The measure,
QuartzOct 29 2021
Headline Roundup
Biden Says Pope Told Him to Continue Receiving Communion
President Joe Biden, a lifelong Roman Catholic, met with Pope Francis on Friday for the first time since his inauguration. While the Vatican canceled its live broadcast of the meeting due to COVID-19 protocols, Biden later told reporters that the pope didn’t mention abortion but said he was a “good Catholic” and that he should continue receiving communion. The meeting comes amid a debate among
ABC News (Online) Wall Street Journal (News) Washington ExaminerDec 11 2013
News
Time magazine names Pope Francis its 'Person of the Year'
The magazine chose the leader of the Catholic Church for its 87th annual cover.
Washington PostOct 22 2020
Opinion
Republicans Were Prepared for Attacks on Barrett’s Religion
In late 2018, after Brian Buescher was nominated to serve as a district judge in Nebraska, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee grilled him over his membership in the Knights of Columbus, suggesting that his Catholic views made him unfit to serve on the bench.
“Were you aware that the Knights of Columbus opposed a woman’s right to choose when you joined the organization?” Senator
National Review (News)Dec 31 2022
Headline Roundup
Pope Benedict XVI, Who Resigned in 2013, Dies at 95
Pope Benedict XVI died Saturday at the age of 95. Benedict served as head of the Catholic Church from 2005 until 2013, when he became the first Pope in 600 years to resign from the position, citing poor health.
Background: Pope Benedict XVI, born Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, came of age in Nazi Germany. Conscripted into the military during the second world war, Benedict deserted his post
New York Post (News) BBC News Associated PressOct 10 2021
Analysis
A Different Approach to Anti-Racism
Chloé Valdary had an unusual childhood. She grew up in a Christian family, but one that celebrated Jewish holy days. She was raised in New Orleans, a city dominated by Catholicism and its symbols, but her church was anti-Catholic. She's black, but her first steps into identity politics and activism were in opposition to antisemitism. And even with her religious upbringing, it was something an
Reason