Frank Pavone, the head of Priests for Life, has been laicized by the Vatican for his social media posts and disobedience to his bishop.
Election 2020
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
What the Jan. 6 hearings could mean for the 2024 election—and the future of democracy
The defenders of democracy need a vision beyond opposition to Donald Trump.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vantage Point
Democracy in ‘America’: Our coverage of U.S. politics since the rise of Donald Trump
A month before this Independence Day, a group of 100 scholars warned about “the recent deterioration of U.S. democracy.” America has been covering this topic from all angles; here are highlights from our archives.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
The U.S. bishops should stop singling out abortion as the ‘pre-eminent’ issue for Catholic voters
And three other ways they can improve their Catholic voting guide before the next election.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Liz Cheney’s ouster from Republican leadership is bigger than politics. It’s a fundamental attack on truth.
Republicans have booted Liz Cheney for resisting the lie that the 2020 election was stolen. This move could boomerang on those who champion the truths of tradition and faith.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
We need to talk: healing our deeply divided church and country.
The divisions in our country are deep on issues like racism and economic inequality, as well as on education, cultural values and lifestyles. Likewise, our church is divided. What are communicators to do in the face of these divisions?
Posted inInterviews, Politics & Society
Interview: Why did so many Democrats vote for Trump—and what should Joe Biden do about it?
In the elections of 2016 and 2020, Trump lost the popular vote. Yet he managed to win some of the most loyal Democratic communities in the nation.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Trump’s false patriots are a disgrace to every soldier and activist who has fought and died for American democracy.
Every self-styled “patriot” who stormed the Capitol yesterday disgraced the legacy of American activists and soldiers.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Warnock and Biden victories give new momentum to religious liberals
The Rev. and Sen.-elect Raphael Warnock shares more than a party with President-elect Joe Biden: Both Democrats made faith a central part of their political identity on the campaign trail — and their victories are emboldening religious liberals.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The mob at the Capitol was reality’s revenge upon the Republican Party
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.