military spending

Will Congress keep hanging humanity on the Pentagon’s iron cross?  

By Bridget Moix — April 3, 2023
(RNS) — For 2024, President Biden requested the largest military budget in history — $886 billion.

At the end of a mixed political year: Love, hope and faith abide

By Diane Randall — December 30, 2021
(RNS) — January 2021 brought the inauguration of a new president, but the violent insurrection at the Capitol laid bare the profound differences in expectations of government.

Why President Biden is right to get our troops out of Afghanistan

By Thomas Reese — April 23, 2021
(RNS) — A fundamental principle of the just war theory is that you should not fight an unwinnable war.

Pope’s new book speaks to Americans on racism, immigration and gender equity

By Thomas Reese — December 9, 2020
(RNS) — Readers will be surprised how relevant the book’s message is to American Catholics and the country’s leaders.

Catholic bishops warn Congress not to throw poor off “fiscal cliff”

By David Gibson — November 15, 2012

(RNS) As Congress embarks on high-stakes budget negotiations to avoid the “fiscal cliff,” leaders of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops are urging elected officials not to target programs for the poor and instead raise taxes and reduce defense spending. By David Gibson

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