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What is American Catholicism in this moment of political crisis? U.S. bishops have spent untold millions to influence national politics on abortion, but their response to real terror in our streets and government-driven deprivation of basic needs has been embarrass...

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Supreme Court sides with Trump administration to temporarily block full funding for SNAP The U.S. Supreme Court has moved to temporarily block full payments necessary to fund SNAP, a program providing food support to millions of Americans with low incomes, after the Trump administration a...

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The Catholic Church holds in its social doctrine that all human beings have the right to food as part of their right to life.

I voted “NO” on tonight’s budget proposal. The fight for health care continues.

No.

Last night, the Trump Administration sent a letter suggesting Wisconsin should return our FoodShare payments.

My response ⬇️

"The illusion of happiness derived from a comfortable life pushes many people towards a vision of life centered on the accumulation of wealth and social success at all costs, even at the expense of others (11)." #PopeLeoXIV #DilexiTe #RememberThePoor

They were promised a lifeline to 'graduate' from poverty. Then it was taken away Thousands of South Sudanese refugees and impoverished locals in Uganda saw a brighter future with a new USAID-funded project. They'd get $205 and coaching to build a business. Then came the cuts.

Thousands of South Sudanese refugees and impoverished locals in Uganda saw a brighter future with a new USAID-funded project. They'd get $205 and coaching to build a business. Then came the cuts.

Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...

“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...

How about matching $for$ your loved ones’ donations to a local food pantry? - a gift of solidarity.

You mean refusing to yield to Republican efforts to block healthcare and food for Americans?

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What could food pantries do with that $ ?

When potential impeachment jurors become accessories: “high crimes and misdemeanors…”?

When potential impeachment jurors become accessories: “high crimes and misdemeanors…”?

The first question should always be, not what does it mean for me, but what does this mean for those who are poor and vulnerable, who are already suffering?

The first question should always be, not what does it mean for me, but what does this mean for those who are poor and vulnerable, who are already suffering?

If a judge orders you to release funds for hungry children and you continue to fight it, it’s time to take a step back and re-evaluate how you got there. No political leverage is worth corrupting your soul.

The first question should always be, not what does it mean for me, but what does this mean for those who are poor and vulnerable, who are already suffering?

The first question should always be, not what does it mean for me, but what does this mean for those who are poor and vulnerable, who are already suffering?

When potential impeachment jurors become accessories: “high crimes and misdemeanors…”?

A judge has once again ruled that the Trump administration must release the SNAP benefits that they have been withholding in FULL. I’m calling on President Trump to obey the court order immediately and stop using hungry families as political pawns.

Catholic bishops and NGO invite world leaders to A statement signed by two bishops who lead USCCB committees and the president of Catholic Relief Services urge world leaders to protect our common ...

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Intergenerational solidarity is not optional - care for our common home

With SNAP benefits in flux, Catholic Charities agencies step up food programs "We can try to help our leaders understand that these people should not be pawns on their political chessboard," said Deacon Kevin Sartorius. "That's not fair. These are people who are in need of food...

"We can try to help our leaders understand that these people should not be pawns on their political chessboard," said Deacon Kevin Sartorius. "That's not fair. These are people who are in need of food."

Pope Leo says ICE should allow ‘pastoral workers’ to bring detained migrants Communion Leaving Castel Gandolfo this evening, Nov. 4, Pope Leo XIV told reporters that he “would certainly invite the authorities to allow pastoral workers to attend to the needs” of detained migrants.

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"Wanting to inaugurate a kingdom of justice, fraternity and solidarity, God has a special place in his heart for those who are discriminated against and oppressed, and he asks us, his Church, to make a decisive and radical choice in favor of the weakest (16)." #PopeLeoXIV #DilexiTe #RememberThePoor

"Migration is always a double right: a right to find the conditions for a respectable existence in your own country, and a right to move away when those minimum conditions do not exist." #PopeFrancis #Hope

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“Our manifesto is the Sermon on the Mount, which means that we will try to be peacemakers""...trying...the Beatitudes, the social principles of the church...it is most astounding, the things that happen ...To perform the works of mercy becomes a dangerous practice.”-Dorothy Day, cac.org

All nuclear weapons must be abolished. It is immoral to even possess nuclear weapons, much less to explode them, threaten to use them, or use them. They cannot pass even traditional "just war" theory standards of proportionality and discrimination re civilians. There is no real security in them.

“Our manifesto is the Sermon on the Mount, which means that we will try to be peacemakers""...trying...the Beatitudes, the social principles of the church...it is most astounding, the things that happen ...To perform the works of mercy becomes a dangerous practice.”-Dorothy Day, cac.org

“Our manifesto is the Sermon on the Mount, which means that we will try to be peacemakers""...trying...the Beatitudes, the social principles of the church...it is most astounding, the things that happen ...To perform the works of mercy becomes a dangerous practice.”-Dorothy Day, cac.org