Pope Leo, looking well and energetic, answered many questions as he traveled with journalists on a 13-hour flight from Rome to Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay.
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The Diplomat isn’t ‘West Wing’ wish fulfillment. Thank goodness.
“The Diplomat” resists the temptation, famously indulged by “The West Wing” during the Bush years, to give liberal viewers the wish fulfillment fantasy of a statesmanlike presidency.
Posted inVatican Dispatch
On voting, can Pope Leo have ‘the best of both worlds’?
What exactly is Leo’s opinion on the position of the pope and whether it completely subsumes his identity?
Posted inShort Take
A Catholic immigration agenda for the new Congress: Accountability for ICE and a long-overdue reform bill
With Democrats in control of Congress, Catholic immigration advocates will have an opportunity to play offense, rather than scrambling to block punitive policies.
Posted inDispatches
What a Democratic Congress can (and can’t) do on immigration
With ICE already funded at historically high levels through 2029, and with President Trump’s strong executive control still intact, there are limits on what Congress can do.
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Pope Leo just voted in the U.S. midterms. Should he have done that?
This week on “Jesuitical,” Ashley and Zac are joined by Chris White, a senior fellow at the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University, to discuss the impact of Pope Leo casting a vote in the U.S. midterm elections.
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Catholic voters move left amid midterm’s Democratic wave
Fifty percent of Catholics said they voted for Democratic candidates, and 49 percent said they voted for Republicans. This could represent a significant swing to the left since the last presidential election.
Posted inShort Take
Democrats won. Now comes the hard part.
The good news for those elected on Tuesday is that the election is finally over and they won. The bad news is that they now face the challenges of governing.
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On Election night, the religious left is back
Democratic victories in the midterms marked a striking moment for the religious left, which has long struggled to match the influence and visibility of conservative Christians.
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This postwar Catholic mayor of Florence was a nonpartisan firebrand. We need leaders like him today.
Giorgio La Pira had strong ideas but was no ideologue. He was motivated by the simple principles of human dignity and the common good.