Water Is Thicker Than Blood
COMMENTARY: Our baptism into Christ’s passion and death purifies our political passions and saves us from deadly idolatry.
Results from Tag: 'politics'
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.
What Does the Catholic Church Say About Elected Officials?
COMMENTARY: Voters — especially before elections — have great hope in princes, as long as they’re our princes and not the other side’s
Pope Francis Offers Guidance to Young Christians in Politics
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.’
America Needs to Want a Catholic Politics
Catholics need to offer something simple, radical and real — and something that can transform hearts and change what Americans want.
The Trump Presidency and What Happens After: A Catholic Take
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.
How Ought Catholics Engage in Politics?
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.”
5 Ways of Dealing With Anti-Catholic Bigotry, According to Al Smith
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.
The Peril of Rendering to Caesar What Belongs to God
“Christ always stood out from the crowd and we must be willing to do the same.”
