One tip: Keep partisan politics out of the parish bulletin and the parish website.
Election 2020
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
New poll: Support for Donald Trump takes a hit among white Catholics
Just three weeks ahead of the Nov. 3 election, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. leads among Catholic voters in the United States.
Posted inOf Many Things, Politics & Society
No, court-packing won’t fix the Supreme Court (or the rest of our broken politics)
Franklin Roosevelt tried court packing in 1937. It was a bad idea then, and it is a bad idea now, Matt Malone, S.J. writes.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Voting Catholic: Should Catholics ever be single-issue voters?
In the series finale, Sebastian speaks with Bishop Robert McElroy of San Diego, a leading voice on Catholic Social Teaching in the American hierarchy. How should Catholics prioritize the issues? And what does it really mean to form your conscience?
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Voting Catholic: How should Catholics think about abortion when it comes to the election?
The Catholic Bishops teach that abortion is a preeminent voting issue for Catholics, because it directly attacks life itself. Do Catholics agree? And should it take precedence over other life and death issues?
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Voting Catholic: How can Catholics help alleviate poverty in the United States?
A perennial social crisis affecting many other issues, Pope Francis has called for a poor church for the poor. What does poverty in America look like in 2020? And will the political parties finally tackle the issue plaguing tens of millions of Americans?
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
COVID-19, abortion and Supreme Court, race top issues for Pence, Harris
The health care issue looming over the debate was the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. It was illustrated by the 12 feet between the seated debaters and the panels of protective plexiglass barriers installed next to them.
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Voting Catholic: Is environmental justice on the ballot?
A highly politicized issue that is central to the teaching of Pope Francis. The science and the moral framework are clear. Will American Catholics respond at the voting booth?
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Voting Catholic: Is religious liberty in jeopardy in America?
George Weigel warns that the 2020 Democratic platform “threatens to rinse out religious freedom and reduce it to a question of personal lifestyle choice.”
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
Voting Catholic: How can white Catholics become ‘actively anti-racist’?
2020 was a year of reckoning for racial injustice in America. Catholics of color are calling for the church to look in the mirror. Will the church respond and take a prophetic stand?