Joe Biden made the perfect reply to a child who is sorry and shaky and demoralized and has no idea how to fix the damage caused: the recommitment to unconditional love.
Election 2020
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
Podcast: Jeannie Gaffigan was told ‘Real Catholics vote for Trump.’ Here’s how she responded.
Do “real Catholics” have to vote for Trump? That’s what Jeannie Gaffigan was hearing following her husband Jim Gaffigan’s uncharacteristically profanity-laced tirade against the president.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Sister Simone Campbell, of ‘Nuns on the Bus’ fame, to step down as head of Network
Sister Campbell, the social justice activist made famous by headlining “Nuns on the Bus” tours, announced she will step down from her post leading Network Lobby this March.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Do Catholics have to vote for Trump? Three points to consider.
This election is not about weighing abortion against other campaign issues, writes John F. Crosby. President Trump’s “systemic amorality” is dangerous for the entire nation.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Can a pro-life Catholic vote for Joe Biden? Vatican II has an answer.
When neither political party fully affirms the principles of our faith, writes Kathleen Bonnette, we must look at the world around us to decide which principles are most at stake.
Posted inInterviews, Politics & Society
George Weigel: Religious freedom is a fundamental issue for Catholic voters
“We Catholics are not in the battle for religious freedom for sectarian purposes,” George Weigel says. “We are in this for everyone.”
Posted inInterviews, Politics & Society
Bishop McElroy: Abortion is a pre-eminent issue for Catholics. But not the only one.
“The assertion that abortion is ‘the’ pre-eminent issue in this political campaign for Catholics is itself a political statement, not a doctrinal one,” Bishop McElroy says.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
The 2020 election’s most crucial faith group is one you’ve never heard of
The most important religious group to the 2020 presidential election is not really a religious group at all.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
How to pray for your (political) enemies: Advice from the Chaplain to the U.S. House
A conversation with Father Pat Conroy, Jesuit priest and chaplain to all 435 members of the House, from the hosts of Jesuitical.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Your Take
Single-issue voting has corrupted Christian political witness. Readers respond.
Bishop Seitz continues to generate feedback from our audience on single-issue political strategies.