Jordan Bloom, Author at Catholic Herald

Jordan Bloom

Why were journalists so quick to blame the Covington boys?

January 24, 2019

North of 200,000 people converged on Washington last Friday to stand for the sanctity of life, and all the media told us was a story about a bunch of “racist teens” in MAGA hats bullying a Native American veteran. The M4L has faced systemic issues with a hostile press. The usual complaint is that the

This year’s March for Life was a success, not that you’d know that from the media

January 24, 2019

The 46th March for Life (M4L) brought an estimated 200,000 to 300,000 marchers to Washington to demonstrate for the legal prohibition of abortion. The pro-life movement has had much to celebrate over the past year, particularly in the judicial realm: Brett Kavanaugh, who is thought to be pro-life, was confirmed to the US Supreme Court

Breaking ranks: why Boston’s cardinal intervened in an abuse case in New York

January 10, 2019

While many were enjoying the Christmas season at home with their families and away from a frantic news climate of daily revelations about public figures, both religious and secular, a rift seemed to open between two of America’s most prominent clergymen. Despite the best efforts of the US bishops’ conference convening in Illinois in the

Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s views on abortion are still shrouded in mystery

January 03, 2019

On the Monday of the second week of December, Justice Kavanaugh and Chief Justice Roberts joined the liberals on the court in declining to take up two cases involving the use of Medicaid funds for non-abortion health services, Andersen v Planned Parenthood and Gee v Planned Parenthood. Kevin Daley of the Daily Caller gave a

Houston, we have a problem

December 06, 2018

On November 28, District Attorney Brett Ligon of Montgomery County, Texas, led the raid on the chancery of Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Houston-Galveston, the president of the US bishops’ conference, alongside Texas Rangers, the Conroe Police Department and an unnamed federal agency. The search warrant in Houston was issued to obtain evidence against Fr Manuel

A bill could help more needy students attend Catholic schools. But it faces big hurdles

January 01, 1970

A new bill introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz in the Senate and supported by Education Secretary Betsy DeVos that would create a tax credit for scholarship contributions is being hailed by leaders in Catholic education. The tax credits would be given to donors to qualified scholarship-granting institutions, in most cases schools. The bill has religious

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