During the past two weeks, two prominent Catholic women religious appeared at the conventions the two major parties held.
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Recognizing the Role Black Women Played in the Movement
Many black women — such as Ida B. Wells, Elizabeth Piper Ensley, Mary Church Terrell, Juno Frankie Pierce, and Mary McLeod Bethune — who fought for racial equality and gender equality weren’t respected by white suffragists, forcing them to create their own suffragist movements.
Voting Pro-Life: What Exactly Does That Mean?
Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Pro-Life Committee, said Catholics should not leave their pro-life beliefs at home when they go to vote on Nov. 3. Abortion, religious freedom, and racism are all pro-life issues, Archbishop Naumann told Current News in an Aug. 19 interview.
Covington High School Teen, Nick Sandmann, Speaks at RNC
Kentucky teenager Nick Sandmann told the RNC audience Tuesday that the “full war machine of the mainstream media revved up into attack mode” against him last year without knowing all the facts.
Religion and The Trump-Pence Ticket
President Donald Trump is a Presbyterian. Vice President Mike Pence was raised Catholic. Both men have been outspoken in their pro-life views.
Four More Years? The Incumbents’ Record on the Issues, Including Abortion, Religious Freedom and Immigration
President Donald Trump officially became the GOP’s 2020 presidential nominee at the party’s convention this week in Charlotte, N.C. But winning the national Catholic vote in November is not necessarily a slam dunk.
UPDATE: Catholics Denounce Federal Execution of Navajo Tribe Member
Catholic leaders have joined their voices with members of the Navajo Nation in opposing the Aug. 26 scheduled execution of Lezmond Mitchell, the only Native American on federal death row.
Analysis: Priest Baptism Story Offers Memo for Reformers — Look Before You Leap
Robert K. Merton, a famous American sociologist, was, by all accounts, a smart guy. Among other things, he popularized the expression “law of unintended consequences” to refer to situations when a person does something for one reason, but he or she finds that it produces all sorts of other unexpected results.
Cardinal Dolan’s Prayer Opens Republican National Convention
New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan thanked God for living in a country that respects religious freedom and prayed for people battling COVID-19 and those caring for them, the unborn, the elderly, immigrants and refugees during the opening evening of the Republican National Convention.
Detroit Priest’s Invalid Baptism Had Ripple Effect, Archdiocese Says
The Archdiocese of Detroit is seeking to contact anyone who may have received invalid sacraments after a priest of the archdiocese learned his own baptism as an infant 30 years ago was invalid.