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President Trump’s actions show ‘pattern of cruelty,’ sisters charge

March 27, 2025

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CWN Editor's Note: The Sisters of the Holy Cross, a religious institute headquartered in Notre Dame, Indiana, charged that President Trump’s “executive actions show a pattern of cruelty that shocks the conscience.”

Citing the “dismantling of USAID programs,” “abandonment of the refugee resettlement program,” “sudden firings of civil servants,” “targeting of immigrant communities,” and “stepping back from the country’s commitment to the environment,” the sisters stated that “these and other edicts represent a crisis of morality and compel us to speak and say that such actions are not of God ... They are a betrayal of the fundamental teachings of Christ.”

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  • Posted by: feedback - Mar. 27, 2025 6:54 AM ET USA

    The good Sisters' selective outrage happens to match the outrage from the Atlantic or MSNBC. What about Trump's mass pardons for Biden's political prisoners, or his significant pro-life and pro religious freedom initiatives? I hope the Sisters don't suffer from TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome).