Links for 06/03/06 | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: Payday Loans were always going to be on the agenda of the CFPB. It may even be in Dodd-Frank. The important thing is to make sure that poor people have access to banking services, which will require that certain screens to get a bank account be ended. Until then, payday loans are an expensive lifeline. Perhaps employers could pick up the slack.
We don't need moderation, we need radicalism - but we won't get it. We will get Hillary and we will watch Trump self-destruct. If he self-destructs and they vote for him anyway, it won't be because of moderation.
Israel needs to hold itself to a higher standard, given the religious implications of the Jewish State, which has also claimed to, at the same time, be a western democracy. You can't be both. Fr. Reese, call your office. MSW is going all neo-con again (neoconservatism is all about liberals supporting a conservative zionist foreign policy - trust me on this, I'm a political scientist.
See the essay from Notre Dame for continuing coverage of the Jubiliee Year of Mercy. The prodigal son is a good point of reference, but so is the assertion by Jesus that he is gentle and humble of hears. His yoke is easy and his burden light. Why is that important? Because the list of mortal sins needs to be pruned to reflect the sense of the faithful - and those served by the Sacrament of Marriage and Orders needs to be expanded.
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