This election shows us why we need to meet our neighbors: that’s how we begin to love them.

by Jane Sloan Peters November 11, 2016

If we are not yet exercising a preferential option for those made vulnerable by a Trump presidency, we must absolutely do so now.

President Barack Obama shakes hands with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

(Un)Conventional Wisdom, Politics & Society

Making America great again, Buyer’s remorse and the president-elect

by Robert David Sullivan November 10, 2016

Maybe our nostalgia for “better days” is simply a case of buyer’s remorse.

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Politics & Society

How are Catholics reacting to Donald Trump’s unexpected win?

by The Editors November 10, 2016

A majority of Catholics—52 percent—voted for Mr. Trump.

In All Things, Politics & Society

How Donald Trump didn’t lose

by Joseph J. Dunn November 10, 2016

That comment about “clinging to their guns and Bibles”—maybe that was the beginning.

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Editorials, Politics & Society

Editors: This election made our divisions undeniable, but politics alone won’t heal them

by The Editors November 9, 2016

No one should feel complacent about the divisions this election emphasized and exploited, which run far deeper than political allegiances.

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Podcasts, Politics & Society

How Our Next President Was Elected

by The Editors November 9, 2016

The morning after the election of Donald J. Trump, America‘s National Correspondent, Michael O’Loughlin, and Associate Editor at America, Robert David Sullivan, discuss how the election unfolded with Kerry Weber and Tim Reidy.

A supporter of Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton reacts to the news that Republican presidential nominee Donald J. Trump won the election in the early morning hours of Nov. 9. (CNS photo/Adrees Latif, Reuters)

In All Things, Politics & Society

Onward Christian Soldier

by Joe Hoover, S.J. November 9, 2016

It was a dark night and a bleak next morning. And then grace came.

Dispatches, Politics & Society

Vatican Secretary of State extends ‘good wishes’ to President-elect Trump

by Gerard O’Connell November 9, 2016

‘I believe that today there is, in fact, a need for everyone to work to change the world situation, which is a situation of grave wounds, of grave conflict.’