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How many are willing to have their minds changed, to desire for something from this synodal process that goes deeper than their pre-existing agenda? → Read More
Christ brought about a separation, rather than integration, of the spiritual and political. → Read More
Why did Church Militant use Marjorie Taylor Greene to attack the U.S. church? → Read More
Archbishop Terrence Prendergast, S.J., speaks about the need for the Canadian church to apologize to Indigenous population for its role in abuse at residential schools. → Read More
Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., in a speech at Regis College in Toronto, said that pastoral experience, more than any church document, should be the material of theological reflection. → Read More
The U.S. church isn’t just polarized; it is tired. And it is polarized in part because it is tired. → Read More
But critics say the president’s talk about human dignity rings hollow when he is using his office to advance the greatest social injustice in America since slavery—abortion—in the next moment. → Read More
Refugees and displaced persons are not just the concern of "progressives," but a broad concern of Americans, including Catholics. → Read More
Joe Biden wants to build support among U.S. citizens so that the G.O.P. is forced to work with him. → Read More
Recent articles in National Catholic Reporter and Crisis criticize Bishop Barron for opposing reasons, but it is remarkable how similar their endpoints are: Bishop Barron makes great points about our enemies, but he just does not get us. → Read More
The Associated Press (again) investigated Catholic dioceses that benefited from the Paycheck Protection Program. Here’s what they got wrong about the church in the United States. → Read More
The “On Eagle’s Wings” debate was never just about a hymn. It was about whether Catholics will rip each other apart during the Biden presidency. → Read More
President Biden faces a litany of crises, writes Bill McCormick, S.J. But he must make a special effort to remember the nation’s poor, who do not have a seat at the political table. → Read More
The full context of Augustine’s line is perhaps not as rosy as Joe Biden might have suggested. → Read More
In the elections of 2016 and 2020, Trump lost the popular vote. Yet he managed to win some of the most loyal Democratic communities in the nation. → Read More
The rush of federal executions was an “aberration” that does not reflect the great successes of the death penalty abolition movement in recent years. → Read More
Will the Republican Party reject the counterfeit politics of conspiracy and fantasy? If not, writes Bill McCormick, S.J., the violence of Jan. 6 will not be an isolated event. → Read More
After another divisive election, conciliation will be slow, difficult work, writes Bill McCormick, S.J. And some Catholic thinkers are wondering if the price for unity is too high. → Read More
Editor’s Note: With the 2020 U.S. presidential election only days away, America’s editors seek to sum up the appeal of each major presidential candidate. These articles are intended as analyses, not endorsements. Read the Catholic case for Donald Trump here. With the 2020 U.S. presidential election only days away, we have one last chance to take stock of the “Catholic case” for each of the two… → Read More
We could turn the temperature down if we acknowledge that anti-Catholicism is a real, multifaceted phenomenon that needs to be understood but does not always require sharp denunciation. → Read More