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Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., speaks during a news conference on health care September 13, 2017 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.

Rick Santorum on the Capitol Riot, Election Results, and Free Speech

The former U.S. Senator of Pennsylvania talks openly about the recent violence in Washington, the integrity of American voting, and offers advice for all Catholics as we move forward under a Biden administration.

Interviews January 21, 2021

A Marine stands outside the West Wing of the White House at dusk after the U.S. House of Representatives voted to impeach U.S. President Donald Trump on January 13, 2021 in Washington, D.C. President Trump is the first president in United States history to face impeachment twice.

Rebuking Trump: Impeachment if Necessary, But Not Necessarily Impeachment

It can then be asked whether the impeachment meets the test of a good symbol. It may succeed in one way but, in the current hyper-partisan environment, fail in another.

Father Raymond J. de Souza Commentaries January 15, 2021

Protesters storm the U.S. Capitol building Jan. 6, 2021

Father James Martin Connects Catholic Leaders to Capitol Riots; Bishop Stika Unimpressed

The dispute follows violence and riots at the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump supporters last week, leading to several deaths and dozens of injured police officers.

CNA Nation January 15, 2021

Former U.S. Rep. Daniel Lipinski, D-Ill., shown testifying during a hearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee March 20, 2007, on Capitol Hill in Washington, says the United States is dangerously fractured and desperately needs healing.

Former Congressman: Capitol Riots Are Dangerous Symptom of Nation’s Fractures That Catholics Must Heal

Former U.S. Rep. Daniel Lipinski, a Catholic pro-life Democrat, tells the Register that the Capitol Hill riots reveal a perilous political divide.

Peter Jesserer Smith Interviews January 14, 2021

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) displays a signed article of impeachment against President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday in Washington, DC. The House of Representatives voted to impeach Trump a second time, after Vice President Mike Pence declined to use the 25th amendment to remove him from office after protestors breached the U.S. Capitol last week.

House Votes to Impeach President Trump Following Capitol Riots

Discussions ahead of the impeachment vote focused on the dangers of division and of dangerous rhetoric

Lauretta Brown News January 14, 2021

Trump supporters are tear gassed outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6. Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the 2020 presidential election Electoral College vote certification.

The Poison of Polarization: DC Violence Highlights America’s Deep Divisions

NEWS ANALYSIS: Catholic commentators point to deep social and spiritual causes for the growing split and an essential religious dimension in the way forward.

Jonathan Liedl Nation January 8, 2021

D.C. National Guard troops stand watch at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 8 in Washington. Fencing was put up around the building the day before, following the storming of the Capitol by Trump supporters on Jan. 6.

Catholics React to Chaos at the Capitol

Leaders and commentators recommend prayer in wake of violence.

Jonathan Liedl Nation January 8, 2021

Gilbert Stuart, “George Washington (Landsdowne Portrait),” 1796, and “Archbishop John Carroll,” c. 1806

A Prayer for Our Government

A NOTE FROM OUR PUBLISHER: John Carroll, America’s first bishop, urged this prayer to be recited in the parishes throughout the young nation. This is a fitting time to do the same.

Michael Warsaw Publisher's Note January 8, 2021