Shining a light on Trump's un-American activities
By Michael Sean Winters, National Catholic Reporter
"Masks bring to my mind the paramilitaries and death squads that seized people and made them 'disappear' during the 1970s and 1980s in Chile, during the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, and in El Salvador during the presidency of Jose Napoleón Duarte," wrote theologian Tobias Winright, himself a former police officer, at America magazine. For those of us with ancestors from former Soviet bloc nations, that terrible time was not only about economic deprivation and a lack of political freedoms; it was the fear of the knock on the door by secret police.
https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/shining-light-trumps-un-american-activities
Catholic Bishops Try to Rally Opposition to Trump’s Immigration Agenda
“But now they [the bishops] are increasingly invoking Pope Leo XIV’s leadership and Pope Francis’s legacy against Mr. Trump’s immigration actions, and prioritizing humane treatment of immigrants as a top public issue. They are protesting the president’s current domestic policy bill in Congress, showing up at court hearings to deter Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, and urging Catholics and non-Catholics alike to put compassion for humans ahead of political allegiances.”
By Elizabeth Dias, The New York Times
Chief Justice Roberts warns against heated political words about judges
“’It becomes wrapped up in the political dispute that a judge who’s doing his or her job is part of the problem,’ Roberts said at a gathering of lawyers and judges in Charlotte, North Carolina. ‘And the danger, of course, is somebody might pick up on that. And we have had, of course, serious threats of violence and murder of judges just simply for doing their work. So I think the political people on both sides of the aisle need to keep that in mind.’’
By Mark Sherman, AP
Thomas Merton's prophetic message still needed in a world of violence
“As global violence continues to threaten the lives and freedom of people around the world, Merton challenges us in his essay ‘The Christian in World Crisis,’ to remember that ‘it is a special obligation of the Christian, who, as a follower of Christ, must be a peacemaker.’ The vocation to peacemaking is not for a select few, but for all the baptized, who are exhorted by Christ himself to be instruments of peace in a world of violence.”
By Daniel P. Horan, National Catholic Reporter
Oklahoma Set to Teach Trump’s Election Lies in Public Schools as Parents and Teachers Push Back
“Starting this fall, Oklahoma high school students will be expected to study so-called ‘discrepancies’ from the 2020 presidential election — essentially conspiracy theories about a stolen election that have been thoroughly discredited by courts and President Donald Trump’s own Department of Justice.”
By Yunior Rivas, Democracy Docket
Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul: Called to be Christians of Conscience
“Today's readings and world events call us to become Christians of conscience and to act accordingly. After all, we are part of a church entrusted with a global mission of justice, and we must participate in that mission on behalf of all people, whose suffering cannot go unaddressed.”
- By Carol J. Dempsey, National Catholic Reporter
America Just Beat Up These Marines’ Dad
The Three Marine Brothers Who Feel ‘Betrayed’ by America
What is it like for Latinos in the military now?
-By Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic