Links for 09/02/15 | National Catholic Reporter

Links for 09/02/15 | National Catholic Reporter by  MSW. MGB: The poverty of throwaway kids in Latin America is as bad as it gets, although in the US these kids would have been aborted.  A compassionate society accepts neither outcome and Francis should say that.



Trumps Evangelical base believes in the Prosperity Gospel - and no one is more prosperous than a billionaire TV star, even though these qualities were everything Jesus condemned - and Francis too.



It would be refreshing in Francis were briefed on the cupidity of the anti-abortion movement and said something about it. Unless someone in the Vatican reads my column or my comments on this one, that is not likely.  All I expect on abortion is a grip and grim.  Hopefully Obama will speak to him in private about the limits of the issue in American constitutional law.



I think Connolly has  it wrong, if Francis starts talking about the working class and radicalizing Catholics who are comfortable, the press will notice that and Sanders Democrats will get on the tables and cheer - as such talk makes Bernie a safe vote and not some radical Red from New York City (which he is, by the way).



Anything that takes the spotlight off of Trump and puts it on Sanders is cool with me.