As a Catholic who embraces the church’s teaching on the innate value of every human life, the importance of public order and the need for mercy to temper justice, I am very comfortable supporting the reelection of our president.
Election 2020
Posted inFaith and Reason, Politics & Society
I helped write the bishops’ first document on Catholics and voting. Here’s why I’m voting Biden, not Trump.
John Carr explains how, applying the principles of “Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship,” he decided to vote for Biden and against Trump in the 2020 election.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Webinar tackles decision process facing Catholic voters in Nov. 3 election
Four Catholic thinkers, including Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, helped unpack some of the thought processes and frameworks that ought to be going on in the mind of Catholic voters as the U.S. approaches the Nov. 3 presidential election.
Posted inEditorials, Politics & Society
America magazine: Donald Trump is a unique threat to the Constitution
President Trump has undermined the constitutional order to a degree unprecedented in modern U.S. history, which prompts the editors of this review to register this unprecedented warning.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: Yes, Catholics can vote for Democrats. (They can vote for Republicans, too!)
Are the 40 million U.S. Catholics who are registered Democrats facing the fires of hell? Not according to canon law or the U.S. bishops.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
This election is a referendum on who is allowed to break the law
Trump calls himself the “law and order” president. But his “law and order” is a promise for some at the expense of others.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
The U.S. political system is broken. How can we fix it?
It is in plain view that many of our fellow citizens are so frustrated with our political system that they have fallen for populist rhetoric to condemn all “politicians” or government itself as evil.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Can Ignatian spirituality teach us to engage prayerfully in civic life?
The Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States released a new document to aid Catholics as this year’s election draws nearer.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Biden campaign launches Catholic voter outreach initiative
The Biden campaign launched an effort to convince Catholic voters that Mr. Biden embodies their shared values.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: Can a priest or a member of a religious order publicly endorse a political candidate?
Should Catholic priests or members of religious orders be endorsing political candidates? If it is allowed, is it prudent?