Rep. Paul Ryan and the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops

Back in 2012, when Rep. Ryan — former vice presidential candidate and the once and future Speaker of the House — authored a budget that drastically cut money to programs that benefit the poor, the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops said the budget failed to meet certain moral criteria. Here.You can read more. And while recently, Rep. …

Here it is, in a nutshell: Paul Ryan’s view of conception, forced or otherwise

Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican candidate for vice president: “I’m very proud of my pro-life record. And I’ve always adopted the idea, the position that the method of conception doesn’t change the definition of life.” Why do I all of a sudden feel like little more than a vessel? Jesus H., I couldn’t disagree more …

So…Paul Ryan…

Over the weekend, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney chose Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate — or he named him president, whatever. When Ryan introduced his “Path to Prosperity” budget plan earlier this year, the world stopped, gawked, and then pulled out its knives and forks for its ill treatment of the poor, the …

A Faithful Budget

I wish Nuns on the Bus would come to Connecticut. If they did, I would go throw flowers. Take a look at the Faithful Budget, an answer to Rep. Paul Ryan’s faithless one. I stand with Sis. Simone Campbell (no relation, and that’s my loss) on her interpretation of Catholic social teaching. (You can see …