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The Pope outlined his vision for the renewal of politics in a May 16 address to members of the Chemin Neuf Politics Fraternity, an international group of people age 18 to 35 who want to ‘be active in politics according to the heart of God.’
Catholics need to offer something simple, radical and real — and something that can transform hearts and change what Americans want.
COMMENTARY: Trump’s exit from the political spotlight can be an occasion for Catholics in the U.S. to give witness, by word and deed, to the enduring truths contained in our tradition but intended for all men and women of goodwill.
As a philosophical text, Fr. Crean said, the book is “trying to articulate the principles that can be known by reason about how societies should be structured.”
COMMENTARY: The Catholic politician ran for president almost 100 years ago. The way he responded to attacks on his faith offers five lessons for our own engagement in politics — and in arguments about politics.
“Christ always stood out from the crowd and we must be willing to do the same.”
Experts in civil and canon law explain why Catholic clerics do not endorse political candidates, and why that issue touches on the religious liberty of the Church.
COMMENTARY: A system becomes vicious when it lays a veneer of virtue over vice. And our public life is getting more vicious by the day.
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