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by bcadmin | Jan 19, 2022 | Abortion, Church in the US, Ethics and Public Policy Center, Georgetown University, Gloria Purvis, Initiative for Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, lead, News, Polarization, Roe v. Wade | 0 |
At the same time pro-lifers are optimistic that this could be the year Roe v. Wade is overturned, leaders in the movement caution that the potential legislative victory doesn’t negate the essential pro-life work that still needs to happen.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 4, 2021 | Church in the US, George Floyd, Georgetown University, Initiative for Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, Jesuits, lead, News, Race relations, slavery | 0 |
For two descendants of slaves sold by the Jesuits in the 19th century, George Floyd’s death at the hands of disgraced Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin last May served as a reminder of what their ancestors endured, and how far the country still has to go.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 20, 2021 | Cardinal Peter Turkson, Cardinal Sean O'Malley, Church in the US, Civil unions, COVID-19 pandemic, Initiative for Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, lead, News, Pope Francis | 0 |
Two Cardinals Wednesday defended a recent Vatican decree that restated the churches stance against the blessing of same-sex couples, by invoking the teachings of the church that the sacrament of marriage is between a man and a woman.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 2, 2021 | Church in the US, COVID-19, Economic justice, Initiative for Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, lead, Minimum wage, News, Poverty | 0 |
Lorena Melgarejo remembers a time after her husband died that she couldn’t always be there for her three-year-old child because she couldn’t sacrifice her income.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 2, 2021 | Church in the US, COVID-19, Initiative for Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, lead, Minimum wage, News, Poverty | 0 |
Lorena Melgarejo remembers a time after her husband died that she couldn’t always be there for her three-year-old child because she couldn’t sacrifice her income.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 13, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic Mobilizing Network, Catholic News Service, Catholic Social Ministry Gathering, Catholic social teaching, Church in the US, Fratelli Tutti, Initiative for Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, Kim Daniels, News, throw-away culture | 0 |
A Catholic panel analyzing a path forward during moments of strife or of social sin said the only way to move ahead as a society toward healing is to recognize the damage done to a person or communities, to lay the truth out for everyone to see.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 2, 2021 | Abortion, Bishop Robert J. McElroy, Church in the US, Initiative for Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, lead, News, Pope Francis, President Joe Biden, USCCB | 0 |
For Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego, the way U.S. bishops should approach President Joe Biden and important issues can in part be answered through a question his mother used to ask: “what would Jesus do?”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 16, 2021 | Christian unity, Church in the US, Initiative for Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, Joe Biden, lead, News, USCCB | 0 |
10 days removed from an attempted siege of the Capitol building, as tensions continue to run high across the country, Rev. Eugene Cho makes it clear: “the answer to a divided nation is not a divided church and that’s what we’re seeing.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 9, 2021 | Church in the US, Death penalty, Initiative for Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, lead, News, President Donald Trump, President-elect Joseph Biden, Sr. Helen Prejean | 0 |
To Sister Helen Prejean, the first stand a Catholic takes against the death penalty in the United States doesn’t need to be grand. In fact, she believes all it takes is a desire, and a pen, to start on the path towards change.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 1, 2020 | 2020 election, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholics and politics, Church in the US, faith and politics, Georgetown University, Initiative for Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, News | 0 |
If there’s one thing that Republican and Democrats in the 2020 election share, it’s angst.
This year’s election, amid a pandemic, amid economic instability and distrust of institutions, has done little to bring out the best in the country’s political animals.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 21, 2020 | 2020 election, Catholic politicians, Catholics and politics, Church in the US, Donald Trump, faith and politics, Georgetown University, Initiative for Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, Joe Biden, John Carr, lead, News, presidential elections | 0 |
The fact is: The Catholic vote is not a monolith. This was the core of an online discussion organized by Georgetown University Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public life.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 19, 2020 | 2020 election, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholic politicians, Catholics and politics, Church in the US, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, faith and politics, Georgetown University, Initiative for Catholic Social Thought and Public Life, Joe Biden, News, President Donald Trump | 0 |
The combination of concern over government response to COVID-19 and the economic collapse brought about by the pandemic with the national reckoning over racism following the death of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis has found Catholics sharing in a public mood that has decidedly soured on politics, according to a panel of speakers.
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