Donald Trump Archives

Towards a “d’Alzon option” on education

Emmanuel d’Alzon, founder of the Augustinians of the Assumption, grew up in the 19th century, in a post-revolutionary France that had jettisoned God. One of the chief apostolates of the Assumptionists is education, and their methodology can contribute to a renewal of public life in the United States by reminding the world that the secular worldview is not all-encompassing.

Comey, Trump and this ‘meddlesome priest’

Many people who were watching former FBI director, James Comey, testify before the U.S. Senate, were probably somewhat confused by his allusion to a “meddlesome priest.” He was, of course, alluding to King Henry II of England and his desire to rid himself of Thomas Becket for not giving him the loyalty he required.

Trump tells Evangelicals, ‘It’s time to put a stop to attacks on religion’

Trump is president in no small measure because he “focused like a laser beam on winning the support of evangelical voters and people of faith,” Ralph Reed, founder of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, told the audience before Trump’s speech.

Politics, culture or theology? Why evangelicals back Trump on global warming
- Commentary, Religion News Service
- June 9, 2017
The Catholic Church and mainline Protestant denominations have been some of the loudest voices in calling for action to protect the environment. Why, then, did many Evangelical Christians support Donald Trump’s move to leave the Paris Climate Agreement? New research indicates that on environmental issues, at least, conservative Christian theology may be the driving force behind the sharply divergent views of evangelicals.
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House praised for passing bill to help ISIS genocide victims
- Church in the US
- June 9, 2017
The United States House of Representatives has passed a bipartisan bill, the “Iraq and Syria Genocide Emergency Relief and Accountability Act of 2017.” The proposed law would provide help and hope to suffering members of religious minorities in Iraq and Syria who have been “left out and left behind.”
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Trump pushes travel ban to U.S. Supreme Court
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- June 4, 2017
Bishop Joe S. Vasquez of Austin, Texas, chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration, stated, “The revised order … still leaves many innocent lives at risk,” he said in the statement, and added that the bishops and the church “believe in assisting all those who are vulnerable and fleeing persecution, regardless of their religion.”
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