Voters generally rejected “election denier” candidates this year, but barriers to full voter access remain significant. Catholics still have an important role to play in protecting democracy.
John Gehring
John Gehring is the Catholic program director at Faith in Public Life Action and the author of The Francis Effect: A Radical Pope’s Challenge to the American Catholic Church.
Posted inFaith, Last Take
How my Catholic identity has been challenged—and enriched—by social justice
Christianity is not a collection of abstract principles that can be reduced to parsing and defending faceless propositions.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
You have to leave Washington to know the reality of migrants at the border
After a trip to the border, I returned home to the nation’s capital—where President Trump continues to double down on cruel policies—carrying a stone I picked up in the desert and the stories of migrants.
Posted inIn All Things
CCHD: Putting the Gospel into Practice
In parishes across the country this weekend the collection plate will be passed to support the U S bishops rsquo domestic anti-poverty initiative mdash the Catholic Campaign for Human Development At a time when 1 in 6 Americans live in poverty and extreme income inequality is growing a contribu