Congress must “seize this moment” to address access, affordability, life and conscience, said three U.S. bishops’ committee chairmen.
Bishops urge Congress to take bipartisan approach on health care reform
Vatican official hopes Trump can be persuaded to change policies
Cardinal Peter Turkson, prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, told a group of reporters March 30 that there is concern at the Vatican over Trump’s policies, including on the environment.
Bishop concerned U.S. won’t meet carbon emission goals after Trump order
President Donald Trump’s executive order calling for a review of the Clean Power Plan jeopardizes environmental protections and moves the country away from a national carbon standard to help meet domestic and international goals to ease greenhouse gas emissions, said the chairman of a U.S. bishops’ committee.
Catholic advocates critical of Trump’s order to review Clean Power Plan
Catholic environmental advocates decried President Donald Trump’s executive order that would begin a review of his predecessor’s Clean Power Plan, which set targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants.
Cardinal Pell talks technology, Trump, Brexit at book presentation
“Connected World,” by Father Philip Larrey, a philosophy professor at Rome’s Pontifical Lateran University, studies the impact and long-term consequences of increasingly advanced technology and the rise of artificial intelligence on society.
Confirmation hearings open for Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
The issues of religious liberty and abortion were briefly raised during the second day of Senate confirmation hearings for Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee.
Trump vows to keep fighting for travel ban blocked again by courts
President Donald Trump, during a campaign rally in Nashville, vowed to fight the latest court ruling blocking his executive order temporarily suspending immigration from six Muslim-majority countries and refugee resettlement all the way to the Supreme Court.
15,000 Catholics ask Trump to honor Paris climate agreement
Petition asks President Donald Trump to protect the environment are important for the future of the planet and its inhabitants and called for federal support of market-based approaches to reduce energy consumption.