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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Elise Ann Allen |Caroline de Sury |Mike Cisneros |Mary Hallan FioRito
As with any papal transition, when Pope Leo XIV was elected questions arose about what his priorities would be, and whether he would continue to advance the priorities and reforms of his predecessor.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Caroline de Sury |Mike Cisneros |Mary Hallan FioRito |Heather King
With France poised to vote on a controversial "assisted dying" bill, the country's Catholic bishops have launched an unprecedented public campaign urging Catholics to speak out. The bill, championed by President Emmanuel Macron, is set for a key vote in the National Assembly May 27. The bishops called on all Catholics in France to take personal action to challenge their representatives in Parliament who are preparing to vote on the bill.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Mary Hallan FioRito |Mike Cisneros |Heather King |Scott Hahn
For months, the Chicago suburb of Dolton, a small community that skims the City of Chicago’s far southeast border, had been in the local news. Its flamboyant mayor, Tiffany Henyard, is under federal investigation for fraud, corruption, while living the high life — like taking first-class trips to Las Vegas using taxpayer money — on the backs of struggling residents. Dolton is currently a community crippled by exorbitant property taxes and shuttered businesses and factories.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Heather King |Mike Cisneros |Mary Hallan FioRito |Scott Hahn
Like most of us, I long with all my heart to serve “the poor.”Bitter experience has shown that soup lines and bandaging are not my forte. My realm leans more toward the spiritual work of mercy. In my imagination, such an interchange would consist of an alert supplicant, hungry for wisdom, who comes with a clear, concise question or situation, then raptly listens.
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1 month ago | 
angelusnews.com | Mike Cisneros |Mary Hallan FioRito |Heather King |Scott Hahn
On May 31, Archbishop José H. Gomez will ordain eight new priests for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. In the days leading up to their ordination, we’ll be introducing them all.
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Feb 28, 2025 | 
eppc.org | John Mccormack |Mary Hallan FioRito |Erika Bachiochi |Patrick Brown
February 28, 2025 (Washington, DC): The Ethics and Public Policy Center is proud to announce that John McCormack will be appointed as a Visiting Fellow in the Life and Family Initiative beginning on March 1st. His work will focus on long-form essays on right-to-life issues and the future of the pro-life movement. McCormack will also continue in his current role as a senior editor at The Dispatch. “We are incredibly excited to welcome John to the team.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
eppc.org | Patrick Brown |Eric Kniffin |Mary Hallan FioRito
Published October 2, 2024American CompassThe poor, we are told, will always be with us. But those “living in poverty” constitute a large and diverse group of individuals—people struggling with disability or mental illness, people in economic distress due to a recession or other economic shocks, and people not currently able to provide for themselves, but who might be able to if given the right carrots or sticks.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
eppc.org | Eric Kniffin |Mary Hallan FioRito |Patrick Brown
October 18, 2024 On October 15, 2024, EPPC Scholar Jamie Bryan Hall submitted a public comment in response to an RFI from the House Ways and Means Committee. The comment argues that in next year’s tax reform debate, Congress should seize the opportunity to eliminate the greatest injustice in the federal income tax code: marriage penalties. The tax reform that would most benefit working families is not simply the tax reform that appears to benefit the most working families.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
catholicnewsagency.com | Tyler Arnold |Mary Hallan FioRito
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 17, 2024 / 06:00 am While serving as a United States senator from California, Vice President Kamala Harris repeatedly scrutinized judicial nominees for being members of the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal organization. Harris, who is competing with former president Donald Trump to succeed President Joe Biden, directly referenced the Knights of Columbus membership of at least three judicial nominees during the Senate confirmation process in 2018.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
eppc.org | Stanley Kurtz |Mary Hallan FioRito |Patrick Brown
October 16, 2024(Washington) — A new policy memo from scholars at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and the Niskanen Center calls on Congress to deliver much-needed tax relief to American parents. The memo details a child tax credit proposal for Congress to consider in upcoming tax debates. The document was signed by a range of high-profile conservatives and think tank leaders. “If Congress doesn’t act in 2025, parents will get hit with a huge tax hike,” said Patrick T.
