Following President Obama’s executive order announcing a new policy to allow certain undocumented individuals to apply for a limited form of immigration relief, the diocesan Catholic Migration Office will hold a special information session on this new policy Saturday, Dec. 6, at 1 p.m. at St. Sebastian Parish Center, 39-60 57th St., Woodside. All are […]
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Catholic Migration Office to Hold Special Immigration Information Session
After President Barack Obama’s executive order announcing a new policy to allow certain undocumented individuals to apply for a limited form of immigration relief, the diocesan Catholic Migration Office will hold a special information session on this new policy on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 1 p.m. at St. Sebastian Parish Center, 39-60 57th St., Woodside. […]
Bishops Ask to Meet Obama and Congress
BALTIMORE (CNS) – Though there were no actions on the U.S. bishops’ agenda in Baltimore dealing with immigration, poverty and other public policy issues, the president of their conference said Nov. 11 that he hopes to meet with President Barack Obama and House and Senate leaders soon on several topics. In a brief comment during […]
Obama Will Meet Pope at the Vatican
by Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Francis will meet with U.S. President Barack Obama at the Vatican March 27, the White House announced and the Vatican confirmed. The spring meeting would be Obama’s second visit to the Vatican as president, but his first with Pope Francis, who was elected March 13, 2013. The […]
Making Sense of Bioethics: When It Comes to Natural Law, Obama, Cicero and the Church Agree
by Father Tadeusz Pacholczyk People sometimes use the phrase “moral compass” to describe the innate sense of right and wrong that human beings have. President Obama, for example, recently mentioned in one of his speeches how we need to, “keep our own moral compass pointed in a true direction.” Although he didn’t spell out what […]
Egyptians Feel US Has Backed the Wrong Side
by James Martone CAIRO (CNS) – Two weeks after the churches he used to pray in were ransacked and burned in the Egyptian port city of Suez, Istafanos Youssif sat “searching for God” in a Cairo convent. He said he hoped to get over the pain, through “reflection and prayer,” and that he understood who […]
Obama Will Use Three Bibles At His Second Inauguration
WASHINGTON (CNS) – When President Barack Obama takes the oath of office to officially begin his second term, he’ll double up on ceremonies and use three Bibles. Because Jan. 20, the day the Constitution sets for the swearing-in ceremony, falls on a Sunday this year, the president will actually take the oath twice – once […]
2012 – The Issues: What Is Role of Gov’t in Funding Human Services?
by Dennis Sadowski WASHINGTON (CNS) – Determining what to spend taxpayer money on is being scrutinized this presidential election cycle perhaps more closely than in elections past, even as the overriding concerns are jobs and building a robust economy. Is government too big or does government contribute to the common good? Should taxes be raised […]
Media Bias, Politicians Avoid the Real Issues
While so many people are criticizing the bias of the press in their coverage of this year’s presidential campaign, we got an example of dumb journalism this week from The New York Post. Over a full-page photo of Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flashing a peace sign, The Post ran a headline that amounted to a […]
Obama’s Strategy May Have Backfired
Bby Father John Catoir Throughout his career as a community organizer, President Barack Obama is said to have used Saul Alinski’s book, “Rules for Radicals.” Some say the book proclaimed the principle of divide-and-conquer. This was one of Alinski’s strategies in the struggle to gain political power. By turning the poor against the rich, the […]