In Catholic parlance, certain terms carry weight far beyond their face value meaning. Calling something a “pro-life” issue, for instance, means not only that it involves the church’s teaching on the sacredness of human life, but that it merits an investment of blood, sweat, and tears tantamount to the church’s struggles against abortion and birth control.
Continue reading Immigration reform becomes a Catholic ‘pro-life’ cause
By: Dan Bergin
A Dutch Jesuit priest was abducted and shot dead by unidentified gunmen in the besieged Syrian city of Homs on Monday, Dutch media has reported. Armed men took him from his home in the morning and shot him twice in the head, the Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant said, quoting the head of the Jesuit order in the Netherlands.
By KYLE SPENCER
WAYNE, N.J. — When she arrived at DePaul Catholic High School to join the class of 2014, Di Wang hardly lacked for international experience. The daughter of a Chinese petroleum executive from Shaanxi, she had attended an elite summer camp in Japan. She knew firsthand the pleasures of French cuisine. Her favorite movie was “The Godfather.”
Continue reading Catholic Schools in U.S. Court China’s Youth, and Their Cash
Joshua J. McElwee
The Vatican office responsible for the approximately 900,000 priests and brothers and sisters in religious orders around the world called on them this weekend to re-evaluate their holdings of wealth and to issue critiques of the global market capitalist economy, calling it unjust to the world’s neediest.
Continue reading Vatican office calls religious sisters, priests to live poorly, reject capitalism
The public protector’s report has found that Jacob Zuma disproportionately benefited from the upgrades made to his home by an estimated R246-million.
President Jacob Zuma unduly benefited from “exorbitant” upgrades to his Nkandla home and must pay back a reasonable portion of the costs to the state, according to public protector Thuli Madonsela’s findings.
Continue reading Nkandla report: Zuma unduly benefited from upgrades
President Zuma’s decision not to respond promptly and comprehensively to Adv Thuli Madonsela’s report on Nkandla undermines both the Public Protector’s office and Parliament.
It is unacceptable for the President to expect the country to wait for an explanation until the Special Investigating Unit has completed its investigation, which may be only in June. The findings of the Public Protector’s inquiry are perfectly clear – there was excessive expenditure on the security upgrades, and millions of rands of taxpayers’ money was spent on private items that should have been paid for by the President himself.
Continue reading ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH ON PRESIDENT ZUMA’S RESPONSE TO THE PUBLIC PROTECTOR’S REPORT
“Supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings should be made for everyone, especially rulers and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity. This is right and is acceptable in the sight of God our Savior.” (1 Timothy 2:1-4).
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