While I cannot confirm the depth of the president-elect’s Christian beliefs, I know he represents a pro-life platform.
Election 2016
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Live-blogging the U.S. Catholic bishops’ fall meeting
National correspondent Michael O’Loughlin is covering the USCCB gathering for America.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Core values toward the common good can help restore a sense of U.S. unity
Ten “core values” which Americans can agree on may get the nation back together.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
Donald Trump, the Temple and the End Time
It is helpful and healthy to put aside the myth of sure and sunny progress. Our nation is a very good one, even if it’s never been the “greatest nation on earth.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
We have made this mess of an election. It’s ours. What are we going to do about it?
“You made me. You live with me.”
Posted inPolitics & Society
Father James Martin: Reconciliation and Dissent in the Age of Trump
How does a Catholic move ahead after the election of Donald J. Trump as president?For many Catholics this not a problem. Indeed, the majority of Catholics voted for Mr. Trump and are presumably delighted by his victory. White Catholics, perhaps responding to his message to promote job growth, s
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
This election shows us why we need to meet our neighbors: that’s how we begin to love them.
If we are not yet exercising a preferential option for those made vulnerable by a Trump presidency, we must absolutely do so now.
Posted in(Un)Conventional Wisdom, Politics & Society
Making America great again, Buyer’s remorse and the president-elect
Maybe our nostalgia for “better days” is simply a case of buyer’s remorse.
Posted inPolitics & Society
How are Catholics reacting to Donald Trump’s unexpected win?
A majority of Catholics—52 percent—voted for Mr. Trump.
Posted inIn All Things, Politics & Society
How Donald Trump didn’t lose
That comment about “clinging to their guns and Bibles”—maybe that was the beginning.