In a system not impervious to market forces, the health outcomes Americans expect and what they actually receive may seem like two different things — and may also lead Catholics to wonder what’s morally required from networks forced to consider both care delivery and the bottom line.
Catholic Social Teaching
‘Put no trust in princes’
We as Catholics are asked to assess how Christian or moral an administration is not by its members or its rhetoric, but by its actions.
Hundreds join El Paso bishop’s protest against migrant mass deportation, asylum bans
Mass deportations and asylum bans — part of the Trump administration’s rapid changes to U.S. immigration policy — destroy communities and human dignity, while constituting a “war on the poor,” said Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas.
Addressing unnecessary human suffering: Migration today
What made America great was migration, and without it, we may never achieve greatness again.
Cardinal: Dignity lies at heart of church’s stance on gender
The infinite and inalienable dignity inherent in every human being has practical consequences which include protecting everyone’s right to life from conception to a natural end and opposing the “technocratic” ideology of gender, said the head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office.
Catholic immigration advocates seek to counter false narratives about their work
Participants in the event, “Understanding Migration from a Catholic Perspective” held at The Catholic University of America, examined current and historical narratives around U.S. immigration, seeking new ways to dialogue with those skeptical about the church’s work in this area, including some Trump administration officials.
‘Christ calls us to serve our vulnerable neighbors,’ says immigration services director
To help give clarity to the work Catholic Charities does in assisting migrants and refugees in the area, Today’s Catholic, newspaper of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, spoke to Luz Ostrognai, director of Catholic Charities’ immigration services program. Ostrognai, a native of Colombia, has been practicing immigration law in Fort Wayne since 2003. The interview has been edited for clarity.
Bishops, Catholic leaders continue to speak out against Trump immigration changes
Catholic bishops, clergy and religious across the nation continue to weigh in on the Trump administration’s sweeping changes to U.S. immigration policy, stressing the need to respect human dignity amid efforts to address immigration challenges.
Pope Francis: ‘The church is not an NGO but a love story’
The ongoing lesson of the crucifix is that sometimes disturbing things are permitted so that something great might be enabled to occur.
What is Catholic social teaching?
Catholic social teaching is one of the tools given by the church to guide us in living this call. Founded in Scripture and developed further through a series of papal documents, the social teaching of the church provides direction for how we are to live with our neighbor.
Bishops defend Catholic Charities work with migrants, refugees as obedience to Jesus
Catholic Charities agencies provide essential services, such as food, clothing and a place to sleep, as part of how the church puts the Gospel mandate from Jesus Christ into action.
Analysis: New immigration policies risk sending migrants back to failed states, war zones
As part of swift and sweeping changes to immigration policy, the Trump administration is aiming to end or severely curtail two forms of immigration status that have been granted to hundreds of thousands escaping war, disaster, violence and humanitarian crises — Temporary Protected Status and humanitarian parole.