In persecuting the Catholic Church and expelling the Society of Jesus, Daniel Ortega is carrying on this terrible legacy. But will it work?
Bill McCormick, S.J.
Bill McCormick, S.J., is a writer at La Civiltà Cattolica in Rome and a research fellow in the Department of Political Science at Saint Louis University in Missouri.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
In the Trump indictments, something more than democracy is at stake: the truth itself.
Christians can play a special role in the renewal of our politics. Because we know that the truth is not only real, but a person.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Why Some Catholics Love to Hate-Read Ross Douthat
You may disagree with Mr. Douthat’s analysis of Catholicism, but you can’t ignore him.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
Corpus Christi reminds us: a different kind of politics won’t heal our divisions. Only the Eucharist can.
The Eucharist as the sacrament of unity constitutes the church not as just another social body, but as mystical and universal in its orientation toward the kingdom of God.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Pope Francis said the papacy is ‘for life.’ Does that mean he should never resign?
Catholic experts weigh in on the likelihood of Pope Francis resigning in office—and whether we need a 25th amendment for popes.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
A gentle warning for Pope Francis critics (and cheerleaders): The synod is about conversion, not winning an argument
How many are willing to have their minds changed, to desire for something from this synodal process that goes deeper than their pre-existing agenda?
Posted inFaith and Reason, Politics & Society
Pope Benedict XVI on the relationship between Christianity and politics
Pope Benedict never ceased to argue that democracy must be judged by truth, a criterion it cannot measure but can only be measured by.
Posted inFaith and Reason, Politics & Society
A better way to think about the debate about church, state and integralism
Christ brought about a separation, rather than integration, of the spiritual and political.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Marjorie Taylor Greene showed that the most brutal anti-Catholicism can come from Catholics
Why did Church Militant use Marjorie Taylor Greene to attack the U.S. church?
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Review: Catholics and religious liberty in early American history
If Catholics wanted to be tolerated in the early years of the Maryland Colony, they had to prove their loyalty—first to the Stuarts, then to Parliament, then the House of Hanover and then the fledgling American republic.