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Poverty solutions almost absent as a presidential campaign issue
October 20, 2016WASHINGTON (CNS)—America has 46.7 million people living in poverty, but there’s been little talk on the presidential campaign trail about the needs of poor people. No doubt, poverty is a tough sell in a campaign where middle class votes—both blue collar and white collar—are important to success come Election Day Nov. 8. But economic difficulties […]
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National security, foreign policy worries a factor in 2016 election
October 20, 2016WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CNS)—Not since the aftermath of 9/11 has America’s national security and foreign policy seemed to resonate so heavily with the electorate during a U.S. presidential election, according to several political scientists. Terror incidents in Europe, the Middle East and at home—paired with perceptions of an increasingly fragile world order exemplified by […]
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Health care might not be top election issue but is still voter priority
October 20, 2016WASHINGTON (CNS)—Health care got plenty of attention during previous presidential election campaigns, but this time around it is almost like a kid craning to see what is going on while other issues take the front seat. A Pew Research Center poll this summer placed health care behind the economy, terrorism and foreign policy among voters’ […]
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Candidates, party platforms differ on need to act on climate change
October 20, 2016WASHINGTON (CNS)—August’s torrential rains that caused catastrophic flooding in southern Louisiana have convinced Robert Gorman that it’s time to think about being ready the next time the floods hit. Gorman, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana, has been discussing with his wife pre-emptive steps to take before the water rises. […]
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The woman on the shore
October 20, 2016I found the bottle tucked away on a basement shelf with a label, in my husband’s handwriting: “Storm-charged rainwater from intense storm in late evening on August 22, 1996, which lasted from 7 to 10 p.m. with much lightning.” Did he have a use in mind for the rainwater when he bottled it? I wondered. […]
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St. Pius grads earn places on UGA homecoming court
October 20, 2016ATHENS—St. Pius X alumni Aneek James ‘13 and Frank Martin ‘13 were two of the five men recently chosen for the University of Georgia Homecoming Court. James was nominated by the Omicron Delta Kappa Leadership Society and Martin by the university’s visitors center. James and Martin were chosen from 220 nominees. The Homecoming King and […]
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Parties front and center on economy, but what is the best path forward?
October 20, 2016WASHINGTON (CNS)—Both the Democrats and the Republicans put economic issues in the opening pages of their respective parties’ platforms—an indication of how seriously they take economic policy in its potential appeal to voters. The U.S. bishops did so 30 years ago in their pastoral letter “Economic Justice for All,” outlining a series of “urgent problems […]
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The Mark invites teens to connect to our Catholic faith
October 20, 2016While many of our youngsters may have browsed a magazine or two, they may not have actually purchased one. Once a very popular source of information and entertainment, magazines in general have fallen on hard times—or at least the print editions of magazines. Our teenagers may have to ask their parents to discover how fashionable […]
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Bishop Barron’s new film series ‘Pivotal Players’ is fantastic sequel to ‘Catholicism’
October 20, 2016I have been a Catholic for half my life. Prior to my conversion, I was raised in a fairly progressive Southern Baptist church, pastored at one time by one of the clergymen to whom Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressed his famous “Letter From Birmingham Jail.” I was taught then, from childhood, not only a […]
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High stakes for religious freedom, free speech seen in U.S. election
October 20, 2016WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CNS)—With every passing U.S. election cycle, First Amendment and religious freedom-minded voters and watchdogs might be tempted to think, “This is the election that will most matter in our lifetimes.” But as recent years have brought a wave of religious liberty court battles and the federal contraceptive mandate infringing on an […] Full Story