Though many seem to be expecting fireworks from the upcoming meeting between Pope Francis and President Trump, they are very likely to be disappointed. Francis has said that what he hopes to find is common ground. Certainly, they can start by agreeing about the dismal state…
Woven into the fabric of American society, present in every milieu, and taking some part in all the complicated ways we relate to each other in public and private settings are over 70 million American Catholics. We mirror the demographic changes of the general population,…
By Grazie Pozo Christie Hurrying on our way to the perfect happiness of Easter Sunday, Christians come to a sharp stop on Good Friday. It’s an odd name for the day in which we remember in vivid detail the torture and death of an innocent…
By Grazie Pozo Christie For Christians around the world, Holy Week, beginning on Palm Sunday and ending on Easter, is spent contemplating the scandalous story of the torture and execution of an innocent man. Although here in the U.S. we live a comfortable distance away…
American schoolchildren ought to have access to a quality education in a safe and nurturing environment — yet too many children are consigned by geography to public schools that are anything but safe and nurturing. That’s where Catholic schools come in. It’s at these schools…
By Grazie Pozo Christie I spoke on behalf of the Vatican Mission at the United Nations’ 61st session of the Commission on the Status of Women about one challenge that is being overlooked in the rush to get to parity in numbers and salaries…
By Grazie Pozo Christie Worried about the prospect of losing their federal funds, Planned Parenthood has revamped their strategy. They went from lobbying for federal funding for abortion before the election to now running an ad featuring a patient who thanks Planned Parenthood for helping…
By Grazie Christie The Trump Administration issued a new guidance that reverses the Obama-era directive requiring schools to allow children suffering from gender dysphoria to use the restroom of their choice, regardless of their sex. The Trump Administration should likewise relieve doctors and hospitals from a similar…
Families in developing countries are still at risk even after Trump reinstated the ban on tax dollars supporting abortion overseas. President Donald Trump’s reinstatement of the Mexico City policy on the third day of his term was warmly received by the 83 percent of Americans who…
There will be another giant march in D.C. today, but this rally won’t be in opposition to our new president. The nearly half a million people are expected to attend what is the largest annual civil rights demonstration – the March for Life. They gather…