Catholic Church

By Msgr. Charles Pope - Physical hunger is a serious problem; We are obliged to assist the starving and malnourished. But even more prevalent these days is spiritual hunger, if not outright starvation. As is the case with physical hunger, the source of spiritual hunger is not God, who has given us abundant grace and truth; it is we who are the source. It is a strange starvation to be sure, for it is largely self-inflicted. Further, it seems to be at an advanced stage.

By Jules Gomes, Church Militant - Francis has criticized Trump as "not Christian" because of the president's immigration policies. In 2017, the pope put down Trump for his decision to rescind DACA: "The president of the U.S. presents himself as pro-life and if he is a good pro-lifer, he understands that family is the cradle of life and its unity must be protected." ... Francis later ratcheted up his anti-Trump rhetoric: "A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not of building bridges, is not Christian."... Pope Francis addressed the themes of unity and prophecy in his sermon, castigating "speeches that promise the impossible."... "Start serving and shut up. Not theory, but testimony," the pontiff scolded.

By Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse, The Claremont Institute - That is the missing half of the half-truth: ideas, by themselves, do not do a darn thing. People have to do something about those ideas. Someone has to inject those ideas into functioning institutions that make decisions that affect people’s lives. Ideas, by themselves, do not have consequences. People’s actions have consequences... We have no right to whine and complain about the “Left’s Long March Through the Institutions.” They marched largely unopposed! We lost a game we never even showed up to play. We weren’t even watching from the bleachers.