How much of Trump's chaos can Republicans – and the nation – take?
Michael Sean WintersDistinctly Catholic: Simply disrupting with no thought of what must be built subsequently leads to chaos. That is where we find ourselves as a nation under President Trump.
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Thomas ReeseFaith and Justice: President Trump's first foreign trip looks more like a pilgrimage than anything else — Rome, Jerusalem and Saudi Arabia. What will happen behind closed doors?
View ArticleSince ban, persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses is 'worse than ever'
Lauren MarkoeReligion News ServiceSince the Russian Supreme Court labeled Jehovah’s Witnesses an "extremist" group, vandals have targeted followers and their banks accounts have been frozen.
View ArticleTrumps dials back the rhetoric in Saudi Arabia
Michael Sean WintersDistinctly Catholic: The verdict on Trump's first visit to a foreign country is mixed, but the bar is pretty low here, of course. Still, I am glad he cleared it.
View ArticleLos documentos financieros de Los Caballeros de Colón revelan riqueza e...
Tom RobertsLa capacidad de los Caballeros de Colón para los fondos ha dado la organización una voz fuerte. Algunos están preocupados que tal la influencia puede distorsionar la eclesiología, la...
View ArticleRussia's Catholics reflect on centenary of Lenin's bloody revolution
Jonathan LuxmooreWhen Russians mark the centenary of their fabled October Revolution this autumn, it will be a chance to take stock of the successes and failures of an often-brutal century.
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Stephanie YeagleNCR Today: Centenary of Lenin's bloody revolution; Knights of Columbus stories now in Spanish; NCR podcast; Sisters in Ontario at retreat center
View ArticleParis climate deal exit 'deeply troubling' to Catholic leaders
Brian RoeweUpdated: Despite urging from allies, corporate leaders' calls and a not-so-subtle papal gift, President Trump has announced U.S. withdrawal from global climate accord.
View ArticleOrthodox not interested in reunion with Rome
Thomas ReeseFaith and Justice: Theologians may issue consensus papers and bishops may issue joint statements, but Catholic-Orthodox relations at the ground level are pretty weak.
View ArticlePersecution of Jehovah's Witnesses in Russia intensifies and targets children
Lauren MarkoeReligion News ServiceSince the Russian Supreme Court on April 20 declared the Jehovah’s Witnesses an extremist group, its members have faced increasing harassment from both authorities and...
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Stephanie YeagleNCR Today: Webathon; Attacks in UK and U.S. travel ban; Saint's relics stolen in Italy and revered in Russia; Anniversary of D-Day; Why do people commit hate crimes?
View ArticlePope Francis, like Trump, is reluctant to condemn Russia on Syria and Ukraine
Thomas ReeseFaith and Justice: For all the dramatic differences between Pope Francis and Donald Trump, there is one area where they are similar. Both are reluctant to condemn Russia for its actions in...
View ArticleArchbishop to become Lithuania's first beatified Soviet-era martyr
Jonathan LuxmooreCatholic News ServiceLithuanian Archbishop Teofilius Matulionis, who was murdered in 1962 after 16 years in prisons and labor camps, was to become the first Catholic martyr from the...
View ArticleInterview with Ken Hackett, US ambassador to Holy See
Thomas ReeseFaith and Justice: Ken Hackett was uniquely qualified to be ambassador to the Holy See because of his background with Catholic Relief Services. We look back with him over the milestones...
View ArticleTrump is unfit to be president of the United States
Pat PerrielloNCR Today: On his second trip abroad, instead of defending our country, our values and our government, President Trump has gone on the attack.
View ArticleTrump meets his new fan; Putin gets a new toy
Michael Sean WintersDistinctly Catholic: U.S. President Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin for more than two hours during the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, four times the...
View ArticleWhy did Donald Trump Jr. lie?
Michael Sean WintersDistinctly Catholic: When Trump Jr. was given the chance to meet with a Russian bigwig, what in his background would have prepared him to assess the values at stake properly?
View ArticleTrump presidency displays similarities to Mideast regimes
Ra'fat Al-DajaniI grew up in the Middle East and keenly observed Mideast politics. The U.S. always contrasted with some of the area's unsavory regimes. Yet now, some unsettling parallels have emerged.
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