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August 1, 2016

Two conventions, two nominees, and a whole new culture war

Delegates bow their heads in prayer during the invocation at the start of the first session of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 25, 2016.

PHILADELPHIA – Since the late 1970s, the political battle lines in the culture war have been clearly drawn and easily understood.

Published in International
July 28, 2016

U.S. cardinal expresses worry about Trump rhetoric

Donald Trump speaking at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland. Boston Boston Cardinal Sean O'Malley publicly voiced his concern about Trump's campaign rhetoric.

WASHINGTON – While most U.S. bishops have not publicly addressed comments from Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump regarding immigration, a popular U.S. cardinal and advisor to the Pope said he is worried about such rhetoric.

Published in International
March 7, 2016

Dear Catholics: Stop Trump, says National Review appeal

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump looks down as he leaves a campaign event in Concord, North Carolina on March 7, 2016.

In an appeal to the faithful, 40 conservative Catholic leaders have denounced GOP frontrunner Donald Trump as a demagogue and danger to the nation and the Republican Party.

Published in International
August 27, 2015

Ted Cruz tries to rouse evangelicals with campaign against Planned Parenthood

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is trying to end taxpayer support of Planned Parenthood and reaching out to evangelicals to do so. He is pictured here in a 2013 photo.

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is waging a campaign to defund Planned Parenthood, an effort involving pastors, sermons and fasting that the Texas senator insists isn’t political.

Published in International
July 2, 2015

Vatican enlists Canadian activist Naomi Klein in environmental fight

Anti-capitalism activist Naomi Klein praised Pope Francis for standing up to Republicans who are warring against environmentalists at the Vatican on July 1.

VATICAN CITY - Anti-capitalism activist Naomi Klein on July 1 praised Pope Francis for standing up to Republicans who are warring against environmentalists, as the Vatican continues its battle against climate change with a high-level conference at the Holy See.

Published in International
March 8, 2015

Conservatives stake claim for climate change solution

Former U.S. Republican Bob Inglis said that conservatives can offer solutions to solve climate change at a panel on market-based environmental conservation Mar. 6 in Ottawa.

OTTAWA - People on both sides of the political spectrum share sentiments on protecting the environment, says a former U.S. Republican congressman, but while the left might offer “pie in the sky” solutions that don’t work, conservatives can offer solutions that “understand human nature” and “free market solutions that work.”

Published in Canada
January 23, 2015

Republicans abandon anti-abortion bill

Pro-life supporters pray in the hallway outside U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's legislative office on Capitol Hill in Washington Jan. 22. Later that day tens of thousands planned to participate in this year's March for Life on the 42nd anni versary of the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion virutally on demand.

Abortion opponents marking the huge annual March for Life in Washington Jan. 22 and anticipating legislative gains by a Republican-dominated Congress were thrown into disarray after GOP leaders unexpectedly withdrew an anti-abortion bill that had been seen as a done deal.

Published in International