Pierre Toussaint, an immigrant from Haiti, was a devout and celebrated Roman Catholic. Mr. Vance may find much to emulate in his life story.
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Posted inFaith, Short Take
Dear U.S. bishops: Here’s how to help JD Vance understand church teaching on migrants
Why can’t the U.S. bishops use their bully pulpit and their extensive media access to issue a public rebuke to JD Vance, as they did to Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi?
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
Pope Francis told American Catholics to vote their conscience. What did he mean?
The Editors: “Rather than a claim to know conscience’s demands for everyone, it is a challenge for voters to engage in deeper reflection, prayer and dialogue.”
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Learning from Arendt: How the lies of the 2024 campaign could be a step toward authoritarianism
Undermining the fabric of shared reality is one of the most brutal and insidious tactics of authoritarian regimes. Christians have a moral responsibility to stand against lies.
Posted inFeatures, Politics & Society
A lesson from Punxsutawney: The United States will always be divided—and that’s O.K.
With Pennsylvania widely considered the most crucial of the seven 2024 swing states and America feeling stuck in a winter of discord haunted by the specter of political violence, I decided to report on the election from Punxsutawney.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Vance’s ‘Christ, have mercy’ moment: Pushing past polarization on gun violence
Catholics in the audience may not have been as startled by Senator Vance’s emphatic, sympathetic invocation of the second response of the Kyrie eleison.
Posted inNews Analysis, Politics & Society
Vance and Walz showed Americans how to politely disagree. Here are six Catholic takeaways from their debate.
The wide-ranging debate between Mr. Vance and Mr. Walz covered climate climate change, immigration, abortion, the economy and the state of democracy, among other issues.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Election season violence reminds us: We need both vigilance and calm
The challenge for Americans in a turbulent, anxiety-producing and, at times, dangerous world is to remain vigilant while keeping despair at bay.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
‘Disappointed’ Cardinal Dolan holds out hope Harris will join Trump at the Al Smith dinner
Cardinal Dolan of New York still held out hope that the Democratic nominee could change her plans and join the event which her Republican rival, former President Donald Trump, is now planning to attend.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
‘Vote no on both’: Arizona Catholics oppose ballot initiatives restricting immigration, expanding abortion
A number of states will vote on expanding or maintaining access to abortion this November, but voters in Arizona will also weigh in on a ballot initiative restricting immigration.