The Senate GOP tax bill could be voted on today.
- Washington -- Religious leaders reject GOP tax bill, call for ‘faithful budget’. They quote Isaiah: ‘Woe to you legislators of unjust laws … who rob the poor of justice.’
- Will the GOP tax bill pay for itself? A new analysis of the plan by the Joint Committee on Taxation finds the bill will still add to the deficit and grow the economy slower than Republicans had hoped. In other words, the tax bill won't pay for itself, even considering growth, as Republicans claimed it would.
- And that is why: Senate Republicans Scramble to Find Revenue for Tax Bill
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Janice McLaughlin, a Maryknoll Sister since 1961 and most of that time spent in Africa, says Zimbabwe is at a crossroads.
Trump in Twitter fury as jury acquits illegal immigrant charged in San Francisco killing. Trump used the case to justify his proposed border wall and his crackdown on "sanctuary cities."
CNN is reporting that the Trump administration is seriously considering recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel in early December, even as President Donald Trump signs a waiver to keep the embassy in Tel Aviv for another six months.
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Salon explores the radical roots of Roy Moore’s theocratic Christianity
Quebec City, Canada -- High-end healing hotel carries legacy of Augustinian Sisters
ICYMI: Orthodox liturgical theologians are voicing support for the decision of Patriarch Theodoros II and the Greek Orthodox Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Alexandria to reinstate the order of deaconesses. They say move for women deacons is 'revitalization' not 'innovation'
'Brace for more bloodshed': Philippine police will resume President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal crackdown on drugs
Canberra, Australia -- The heads of Australia’s churches pen open letter over same-sex marriage bill fears
Pope Francis writes to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople Nov. 30, the feast of St Andrew, the patron of the Patriarchate, calling for more Catholic-Orthodox initiatives without waiting for the day of full and visible communion.
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