~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Welcome to Tuesday. A Wisconsin Catholic priest holds an indoor rally telling the
crowd to vote for President Donald Trump. The battle for a New York representative
seat is between two vastly different Catholics. In Africa, farmers are learning
new methods to fight floods and drought.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Fr. Altman of LaCrosse speaks in Chicago, raising questions about quarantine rules
[[link removed]]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A Wisconsin Catholic priest, whose viral video claimed "you cannot be Catholic and
be a Democrat," continued his campaign in Chicago this month with a speech at one
of the city's tony clubs, where he appeared to violate quarantine orders and addressed
an indoor crowd, with at least some of the people not wearing masks.
"What person worthy to be called American has a problem with making America great
again?" asked Fr. James Altman to an audience failing to comply with the city's
guidelines, as he made his case that Catholics must vote for President Donald Trump
over former Vice President Joe Biden. "This actually is a crucial time in history
where Catholics better get it right. And the shepherds better be getting it right,"
he said of the U.S. bishops.
You can read more about Fr. Altman's gathering here [[link removed]].
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

More background:

*

Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, endorsed an earlier video of Fr. James
Altman [[link removed]]
that includes anti-immigrant remarks and homophobic slurs and in which the priest
claims, "You cannot be Catholic and be a Democrat."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

AOC and Cummings, battling over House seat, 'see things differently' [[link removed]]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This year's battle for New York's 14th District offers a study of contrasts between
two Catholics.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the incumbent, is the only freshman representative to
be nationally known by her initials (AOC) and to be portrayed on "Saturday Night
Live." She rode a 2018 progressive surge into unseating a longtime Democratic centrist
in a primary battle, is a proponent of the Green New Deal and a frequent Twitter
target for President Donald Trump.
John Cummings, Ocasio-Cortez's Republican challenger, is a former NYPD police officer,
and a teacher for 22 years at St. Raymond High School for Boys in the Bronx, his
alma mater. He told NCR, playing on the idea that all politics is local, that he
is focused on exploiting what he described as an underlying dissatisfaction with
Ocasio-Cortez in the heavily Democratic district.
You can read more about the campaign here [[link removed]].
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

More background:

*

As a young Latina, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez represents the demographic future
of the Catholic Church, writes NCR executive editor Heidi Schlumpf [[link removed]].

*

Feminism says that in healthy human relationships everyone has rights, and no one
should fear subordination or abuse but Gloria Purvis wishes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
would extend that to include our unborn daughters [[link removed]].
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

More headlines

*
To head off deadly consequences of climate change and help farmers adapt, Catholic
agencies are funding [[link removed]]
agro-ecology learning centers and solar-powered community wells in southern African
countries.
*
Fratelli Tutti does not mention "Islam" or "Muslims," but it is part of the broader
legacy that Pope Francis will leave the church on Catholic-Muslim relations, as
well as interreligious relations more broadly, writes Jordan Denari Duffner [[link removed]],
a doctoral student of theology and religious studies at Georgetown University.
* At Global Sisters Report [[link removed]],
a Q&A with Sr. Meena Dias, a member of the Sisters of Holy Family of Nazareth, who
serves at St. Xavier's Academy in Old Goa, an institution that works with people
with disabilities.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Final thoughts
Are you enjoying this newsletter? You can support NCR's work by becoming an NCR
Forward member during our Fall Member Drive, happening now [[link removed]].
For just $5 a month, you can get a ton of benefits, such as special events, member
polls, question and answer sessions and more. You can find out how to join here
[[link removed]].
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Until Wednesday,
Stephanie Yeagle
NCR Production/Online Editor
[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Twitter: @ncrSLY [[link removed]]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Featured Advertisers
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

October 24-26 - Join the virtual Ignatian Family Teach-In for Justice. With 5000+
fellow Catholics, explore prophetic resilience at the intersection of faith
and justice. [[link removed]]

The Rosary of Modern Sorrows: a thoughtful Peace & Justice gift for the warriors
who pray for meaningful and progressive change. May your prayers lead to action!
[[link removed]]

Online certificate and master's programs. 50% tuition waivers given to faith-based
leaders, church workers, and educators. A leader in global distance education
for more than 10 years. [[link removed]]

Register today to attend Fairfield University's free online Fall 2020 webinar
lectures, sponsored by the Center for Catholic Studies. Visit fairfield.edu/cs
for details. [[link removed]]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Advertisement
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

© 2018 National Catholic Reporter Publishing Company [mailto:[email protected]]
800-444-8910 | [mailto:[email protected]][email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Was this email forwarded to you from a friend? Sign up to get NCR email newsletters
[[link removed]]
sent to your inbox.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

STAY CONNECTED:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Forward this email
[link removed]

This email was sent to [email protected] by [email protected].

Update Profile/Email Address
[link removed]


Instant removal with SafeUnsubscribe(TM)
[link removed]


Privacy Policy:
[link removed]

Online Marketing by
Constant Contact(R)
www.constantcontact.com



National Catholic Reporter | 115 E Armour Blvd | Kansas City | MO | 64111