Catholics, Leo suggests, should neither attempt to dominate the political sphere nor separate themselves from it.
Connor Hartigan
Connor Hartigan is an O'Hare Fellow and former editorial intern at America Media.
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The challenge of yes or no questions
A Reflection for Saturday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Connor Hartigan
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Focolare president calls for international peace on visit to U.S.
Margaret Karram, president of the Rome-based Focolare movement, visited the United States to discuss current issues in peacemaking.
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State laws require priests to disclose abuse revealed in confession
Washington State’s new law mandating priests to divulge abuse revealed in confessions is the latest salvo in a larger dispute between the Catholic Church and multiple U.S. states.
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The distinction between disciples and apostles
A Reflection for Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Easter, by Connor Hartigan
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What parish priests are hoping for in a new pope
And what pressing questions they believe the Catholic Church faces today
Posted inExplainer, Faith
When will ‘millennial saint’ Carlo Acutis be canonized? Without a pope, it’s TBD.
The canonization Mass for the first “millennial saint,” originally scheduled for this Sunday, has been delayed indefinitely.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
I’m a Gen-Z Catholic. Pope Francis changed my despair about the world into hope
For many Catholics older than me, Francis represented a cultural shift from previous pontificates. As a Gen-Z Catholic, Francis is the only pope I’ve known.
Posted inFaith, Short Take
What it meant to FDR to be both a Christian and a Democrat
Roosevelt understood, as few American presidents had before him, that there was no inherent separation between Christian charity and democratic citizenship.
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Cultivating a faith to face crises
A Reflection for Monday of the Fifth Week of Lent, by Connor Hartigan