Will the Republican Party reject the counterfeit politics of conspiracy and fantasy? If not, writes Bill McCormick, S.J., the violence of Jan. 6 will not be an isolated event.

The power of Catholic moral theological vision can be substantial and nuanced, and could be the way for the GOP to evolve after the turbulence of the past few years.

The breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 sent shock waves around the world.

“Yesterday revealed a deep part of who we are as Americans,” said Father Bryan Massingale, in an interview with America’s editor in chief, Matt Malone, S.J.

The protesters were egged on for weeks by Trump, who since the November presidential election had launched a barrage of false attacks on the integrity of the results.

“This has got to stop,” Bishop Robert Barron said. “And I say that as an American but...also as a Catholic bishop.”

What we saw today is a clear declaration that many white people would rather live in a white dictatorship than in a multiracial democracy.

The president of the United States today incited a riot in the nation’s capital. What comes next?

Dozens of Catholics were among more than 2,000 religious and community leaders who urged Congress to reject any effort to overturn the results of November’s presidential election.