Yesterday I made my way to St Ephrem rsquo s Church Brooklyn New York for the funeral of Bishop Joseph Sullivan This is the parish where Joe was baptized educated ldquo he had mostly A rsquo s but only a C in conduct rdquo celebrated his first Mass as a priest and bishop and where we ga
John Carr
John Carr retired on January 1, 2026, from the Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life at Georgetown University which he founded in 2013. He previously served as Director of the Department of Justice, Peace, and Human Development at the UnitedStates Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) for more than 20 years. He also was a Washington Correspondent for America, Chair of the Board of Bread for the World, and a Residential Fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard University.
Posted inIn All Things
The ‘Mind’ and ‘Heart’ of Pope Francis on Ethics and Economics
On economic life Pope Francis sees his responsibility in clear terms The Pope loves everyone rich and poor alike but the Pope has the duty in Christ rsquo s name to remind the rich to help the poor to respect them to promote them The Pope appeals for disinterested solidarity and for a return
Posted inIn All Things
The Gosnell Trial: Lessons and Challenges
The Gosnell trial unmasked the horrific violence of abortion and the terrible exploitation of poor women that often comes with it It reminded us of what abortion is hellip the destruction of babies before and now in some documented cases after they are born It is very important to remember all th
Posted inWashington Front
Dear Prudence
Beware those who insist that public choices are simply matters of “prudential judgment.”
Posted inWashington Front
A Pope of the Poor
Some political spinners are trying to fit Pope Francis into their own agendas and biases.
Posted inFaith, Washington Front
Pope Benedict’s greatest disconnect from U.S. elites wasn’t about sex. It was over economic justice.
For secular Washington, Benedict was the pope of no. For those who listened, Benedict is more the pope of and, connecting charity and truth, faith and reason.