
When Elections Don’t Go Our Way
Perhaps the best resistance to bad legislation and cultural decline is to live a quiet life of joy, hope and love at home, rooted in faith in Jesus Christ and bolstered by the sacraments.
Perhaps the best resistance to bad legislation and cultural decline is to live a quiet life of joy, hope and love at home, rooted in faith in Jesus Christ and bolstered by the sacraments.
COMMENTARY: How we organize ourselves socially and politically is not a spiritual irrelevance for the Christian and the Gospel does indeed have deep political implications.
The Middle Eastern country is in the middle of an unprecedented economic crisis, labeled a ‘deliberate depression’ by the World Bank.
During the 2021 election cycle, 91 politicians were killed and almost 700 candidates were attacked.
COMMENTARY: Americans’ weakened trust in elections is attributed in part to the electoral institution itself and to high-profile cases of alleged stolen elections.
DIFFICULT MORAL QUESTIONS: “I’m disgusted by the leading political candidates for president. Do I have a moral obligation to vote in November?”
The Polish Senate began debating legislation May 5 that would allow the election to be held by postal vote, rather than at polling stations, due to the pandemic.
Father John Lankeit, Rector of Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral in Phoenix, explains how voters are to differentiate between issues that require prudential judgement and those that are intrinsically evil, specifically regarding abortion.
COMMENTARY: All the fuss over the royal baby indicates that Britons actually do like the structure, sense of belonging, neighborliness and bond with the past that comes from emphasizing traditional family life.
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