President Obama noted this in his welcoming remarks when he said, "Holy Father, your visit...reveals how much all Americans, from every background and every faith, value the role that the Catholic Church plays in strengthening America...feeding the hungry, healing the sick, sheltering the homeless, educating our children..."...
Respect for culture, faith, values.
The increased attention to Christianity in the wider culture is understandable, but the blurring of faith, values and entertainment along with politics may create some discomfort for non-Christians.
McTernan, who calls him "one of the most effective political leaders I've come across", says: "He found his faith, values and ideas in his 20s, and has never changed them … He just no longer talks about the unpopular ones".
I can't expect the Congress to share my faith values, but I do know that most Congressional representatives claim some religious affiliation.
I won't say "I told you so," I will say thank you – it takes courage and putting faith, values and your country before pride.
A child's faith is not a testimony of the power of God to evangelize them, it demonstrates how malleable and impressionable children are to the faith values exposed to them at a young age.
It is bad for the faith values of a people to be occupiers, as Rabbi Arik Ascherman of Rabbis for Human Rights, and our CTS Honorary Degree Recipient from 2015, often says.
It's time to put our faith values forward in the midst of what could become a new global conversation about what a fair, sustainable, stable, and happy economy might look like.
"Just as King Solomon knew that you couldn't cut a baby in half and expect it to live, we know that you can't separate faith, values, and politics and expect our democracy to thrive".
On April 13, Messiah College in Pennsylvania will be hosting a "Compassion Forum," an event at which Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton will sit on the same stage and talk about "faith, values, and other current issues".
