No just law can stop solidarity at the arbitrary line of a border, nor can a just government require the church to condition the works of mercy on the immigration status of those in need.

If people are not even conscious of a need for religion, the church must also ask how it can help people recognize that the most basic restlessness only finds its rest in God.

In a year that is supposedly a test of “small-d” democracy, the voice of the voters seems fainter than ever.

The overriding concern is that the goal of a just war must always be to restore or establish peace.

How can the church unite clarity of teaching with pastoral closeness to people in their struggles?

While economic dissatisfaction is widespread, it is much harder to say what policies will “fix” the economy—because other than anxiety about continuing inflation, there is little consensus about what precisely is broken.