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Politics & Society Dispatches
February 09, 2017
The number of questions from Catholic organizations to N.C.B.C.’s ethicists about transgender issues “has increased radically and surprisingly” in recent years.
Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch listens at left as Senate Judiciary Committee Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Politics & Society Dispatches
February 02, 2017
In boarding school, Mr. Gorsuch participated in the informal debates, where he was routinely teased, accused of being “a conservative fascist.”
Protesters rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Jan. 31 against President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch. If confirmed, Gorsuch will fill the seat that has been empty since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia last February. (CNS photo/Yuri Gripas, Reuters)
Politics & Society Dispatches
February 01, 2017
"The fight will continue to go state by state. There's a strategy by proponents to get more states on board before they bring a case to the court."
Politics & Society
January 31, 2017
Mr. Gorsuch, who attended the Jesuit-run Georgetown Preparatory School in Washington, appeals to conservatives because of his views on religious liberty and life issues.
Politics & Society
January 30, 2017
The U.S. bishops have published statements condemning three executive orders in President Trump's first week.
Politics & Society
January 30, 2017
"The bond between Christians and Muslims is founded on the unbreakable strength of charity and justice."
A child rests as U.S. Vice President Mike Pence speaks during a rally at the annual March for Life in Washington Jan. 27. (CNS photo/Yuri Gripas, Reuters)
Politics & Society
January 27, 2017
Cardinal Dolan: "We come together this sacred evening in a church we claim as a sanctuary...to reclaim the belief that a mother's womb is the primal sanctuary, where a helpless, innocent, fragile, tiny baby must be safe, secure, nurtured and protected."
Protesters hold signs as they listen to speakers at a rally outside of City Hall in San Francisco, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017. President Donald Trump moved aggressively to tighten the nation's immigration controls Wednesday, signing executive actions to jumpstart construction of his promised U.S.-Mexico border wall and cut federal grants for immigrant-protecting "sanctuary cities." (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)
Politics & Society Dispatches
January 27, 2017
Cardinal Tobin: "Closing borders and building walls are not rational acts.... Mass detentions and wholesale deportation benefit no one; such inhuman policies destroy families and communities."
Politics & Society Dispatches
January 20, 2017
Francis wrote, "our human family is beset by grave humanitarian crises demanding farsighted and united political responses."
Politics & Society Dispatches
January 20, 2017

Moments before Donald J. Trump took the oath of office, becoming the 45th president of the United States, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan of New York read a brief passage from the Book of Wisdom.