More Catholic schools in the Chicago area are shutting their doors even as Republican candidates for Illinois governor ramp up calls for school choice policies.
The newly elected president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Archbishop Paul Coakley, cautioned Sunday that immigrant communities are living in “widespread” fear.
Catholic Charities in Wisconsin will not be required to pay unemployment taxes after a ruling Monday by the Wisconsin Supreme Court, which found that the religious nonprofit is eligible for a statutory religious exemption.
On Saturday’s episode of MSNBC’s Velshi, Tennessee State Representative Justin Jones condemned the common response of offering “thoughts and prayers” after mass shootings, calling it “a form of theological malpractice.” A former minister, Jones argued that prayer without legislative action is morally irresponsible when lawmakers have the power to prevent violence.
